Oops, didn’t answer the question. But depends on what type of trails and if you want lift-serviced, shuttles or more adventure enduro ride-uphill yourself. There are many great tours where you can ride 500-1200m uphill or forest roads and ride down hiking trails.
South Tirol offers all of the above and is probably my favorite general area (e.g. Villanders, Italy). But so does Switzerland. Austria has a lot but you have to know where to go and/or experiment. Contact me if you ever plan to come.
@MUCFreerider thanks for the detailed response. I’ve only ridden in Europe once, at Unicon 20 in Grenoble. Hopefully I’ll get back over one of these years. I’ll be in touch if I do.
I’ll holler when I go fishin
Yeah, do let me know! The fishing is apparently great here.
Don’t forget Liechtenstein 
Best way ist going to one of our events: elsbet or grischa muni challenge (check out our website www.ursli.li)
Hey Clyde, keep up the good work. One of the best things I ever did was remove the pins from my pedals. Screw them off, if you can, or grind them off otherwise. They will catch your shoe and make you fall backwards. Other than that, practice NOT falling, just walking away. One of the kids I taught toi ride, when I asked him how often he fell told me, “Never.” I have taken that as good advice myself.
Thanks, very good advice about getting rid of the pedal spikes. The bad spill I had was the pedal spikes sticking to my shoes when I was falling backwards. I couldn’t get my feet off in time.
Look geo city pedals have mild pins and are available with a vibram rubber surface with no pins.
This is a photo of the Look Geo Trail pedal, with the mild/rounded off “pins” that @Bug72 mentioned.
And if I remember correctly, you can buy a spare “cover” so you could have a side with pins and a side with just the rubber grip. Can be useful if it starts to rain and you need better connection with the pedals, or for more engaged riding.
I think @Canapin did this, but I could also be completely wrong.
Yes you can buy that, but I didn’t.
Or eBay:
I used both the pinned and unpinned. I found that the pinned worked best for me, the pins are not super aggressive, you can get your feet positioned easily and they still have the vibram rubber, they are just enough. The unpinned pads are good especially on smooth surfaces and if you have a grippy soled shoe they works great. Check eBay I bought several pairs on there well below the retail.
Man, I am struggling with riding in a parking lot. On a smooth patio in front of my house, I seem to do sorta fine. I can freemount about 1 in 3 (or 4), and go about 15 meters, but there isn’t really any room to turn around there though. Once I get out onto a wide open parking lot, I just stink, can’t seem to even ride straight lines.
Is this one of those “just stick with it” things, or should I look for something flatter? There is a slight grade to it, and it is somewhat lumpy.
Keep going.
Try mounting from different positions in the parking lot. It will keep you busier and teach you more. (downhill, uphill, sideways, etc…)
Learn that, then go to the “flatter” stuff and see how you’ve levelled up.
I learned on dirt if you can’t tell.
Just keep going. Go back and read what my 16 yr old son told me when I was in the same spot (or earlier). Or, if you want the TLDR, he said,
“You need to WANT to”. Then he turned around and walked to HIS unicycle and RODE AWAY. He left and didn’t return for a long time. The next day, I rode 100 yards (~100 meters) for the first time (he was successful. He made me mad.)
Don’t worry about going straight!
For distance, if you’re constantly hopping off after 15 metres on your patio, your body is expecting to hop off. It’s one of these learning things that has to be worked through if it happens (i learned indoors so had that problem).
I wonder if the open space of the parking lot is causing you to not know where you are planning to go. Pick a destination (lamp post, bollard etc.) and focus in going in that direction. That should hopefully also help with the hopping off if you’re thinking “I’m going over there and then i’ll get off”
Once it clicks, it clicks.
After what seems like an eternal winter of snow and ice I was able to get out and ride yesterday. Since it’s been 2 1/2 months since my last unicycle ride I started off easy on my 24 and 26er at my “ training grounds”. I have stayed in shape all winter by riding my bike on a bike trainer at least 3 days a week and doing strength training so I’m pretty good to go as spring comes. I’m hoping to get out on the 29er and 32 this week as we will have 60 degree weather. I’m really excited to ride this season not only my uni but my bikes also.
I hope all if you over 50 riders get out there and have a great year of riding in 2026.
We could use a treadmill as a unicycle trainer in the snowy months … or the rear two rollers of a b!ke roller … 
I’ve seen videos of treadmills, and it seems doable though not confortable. Double-roller, never seen!
