← All eventsHope 1000
~1,000km non-stop self-supported bikepacking race across Switzerland, Romanshorn (Lake Constance) -> Montreux (Lake Geneva). ~30,000m climbing (one of the most climbing-dense routes anywhere) — no mechanical ascent aids allowed. Mid-June date is approximate for 2027.
Around 30,000m of climbing packed into 1,000km. That is roughly 3,000m every 100km, one of the most climbing-dense long bikepacking routes anywhere. The vertical, not the distance, is the whole story.
A non-stop, self-supported traverse of Switzerland in mid-June. Mass start from Romanshorn on Lake Constance, west over the high alpine passes to the Freddie Mercury statue in Montreux on Lake Geneva.
The fastest solo rider took three and a half days. Most take five to ten, climbing on minimal sleep. It is an MTB event: technical alpine descents and steep hike-a-bike decide it, not flat speed.
Who finishes, and how
Patterns like these, drawn straight from 2025 race data, are baked into how Beina coaches you for this event.
Is Hope 1000 for you?
- Strong climbers who can go all day, day after day. With 30,000m of ascent, durable climbing on tired legs matters far more than a big one-hour number.
- Confident MTB descenders. The descents are technical alpine singletrack, ridden loaded and exhausted, where gravel riders lose the most time.
- Self-sufficient riders who like solving problems alone. No support, self-navigation, resupply around Swiss shop hours, and sleep you have to ration yourself.
- Experienced bikepackers, not first-time tourers. Steep hike-a-bike, near-freezing pass nights and multi-day fatigue reward people who have shaken kit down in real mountains.
Training plan for Hope 1000
A training plan for Hope 1000 isn't a generic base build. Beina reads the event's exact demands, looks at your specific profile and the time you actually have, and maps a highly adapted plan to the start line.
- Around 30,000m of climbing over 1,000km, ridden non-stop across four to ten days
- Technical alpine singletrack descents, taken loaded and fatigued
- Unavoidable hike-a-bike over the steepest passes, pushing a fully packed bike
- Weather swings from warm valleys to near-freezing, even snowy, high passes
- Long climbing rides building to 5 to 9 hours with 2,000 to 4,000m of ascent
- Back-to-back climbing weekends, and a 3 to 4 day alpine bikepacking trip in the specialise block
- Loaded descending practice and steep hike-a-bike sessions on real mountain terrain
- Night riding and overnight bivvy rides to rehearse the short alpine darkness
- Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have
- Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond
- Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo
- One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet
