SPAIN
16 days 720mi/ 1200km
80.000ft + / 25.000m + of climbing
The Coast to Coast…From the Mediterranean to the Atlantic Ocean…720MI/1150 km on 16 day stages across the Pyrenees…
DURATION
16 days 720 mi /1200km
DIFFICULTY
Epic-Challenging
GROUP
min 14 riders to max 30
Why come on this trip you ask?
It’s the next level challenge for trained mountain bikers, both physically, technically, and mentally.
Make life long connections with likeminded adventurers
Our unique approach to this adventure
All stages can be ridden at your own pace using GPS (the devices are provided). Or we can upload the trail GPX file on your own GPS
We love our trail riding to be frustration free! So there is no trying to keep up or waiting for the group
The Pyrenees CTC, since our very first edition in the mid-90s (at that time without suspension and with cantilevers…) a lot has changed.
Gradually we have renewed, refined and over the years made our CTC longer, higher and definitely more technical.
This unique route runs through the remote sierras of the Pyrenees.As mtbikers we gratefully use the old trails that connect deserted mountain village and spectacular valleys, it’s a varied landscape with a peak of 7900ft/2400m as the highest point.
Unforgettable experiences and
great time guaranteed
Adversity has a remarkable way of bringing people together, fostering bonds that transcend mere acquaintance and evolve into deep, enduring friendships.
Daily distances vary between 30Mi/48km and 70mi/115 km.
Biking through the Sierras it would be a shame to pass the Bardenas Reales, which is the northernmost desert in Europe and is located just below the Pyrenees. The unique terrain makes that area a “must” for everyone who goes cycling in northern Spain. Makes you think of Moab trails.
The green mountains and trails of Navarra and the Basque Country then provide the appropriate closure towards the Atlantic Ocean.
We recommend traveling here by plane.
Transfer to the first hotel on the coast.
From Platja D’Aro/San Antonio to Rupit. The first kms at high speed on an old railway line, around Girona and then steeply up almost 1000 meters into the mountains. The first part of walking and carrying the bike included, sometimes very steep!
Rupit-Montesquiu. Through a tangle of small wooded valleys to the west. Lots of single track and a nice “mental” test, here come the first long stretches of technical riding and/or walking.
Montesquiu-Guardiola de Bergueda. In the beginning through similar valleys and then over the first “real” mountain with a steep and long climb of 1000 altimeters. Long descent follows of course!
Up and down through beautiful mountain valleys. Sometimes very rough terrain, with a dizzying single track descent at the very end.
Gosol – Coll de Nargo: the first climb halfway over asphalt, past a ski domain. Then continue off road uphill all the way to the top of the Pedro de Quatro Battles. This highest point of the CTC (7900 ft/2400 m) is rewarded with a descent of no less than 22 mi/35 km!
Coll de Nargo – Tremp. Very nice stage, rough and steep in the beginning. Then a beautiful final climb and a very long descent, optionally over single track. The last quiet kilometers on undulating slopes along a reservoir to Tremp.
Tremp-Puente de Montanana. Tough stage with a kilometer-long single track carved into the rocks in a gorge above a dam. Not for people with acute fear of heights, an alternative route is offered!
definitely watch : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9th8ChEqZ0
Sleeping at the lakes edge
Liguerre – Nocito: this day starts somewhat special, crossing the lake with a zodiac! In true raid style you will be transferred and the tour starts right through the natural park of the Sierra de Guara. Impressive vistas, deserted pueblos…
Nocito – Riglos: lots of single tracks, even more single track, medieval castles, vultures on the rock walls with the high mountains on the right and the Ebro plain and steppe areas on the left. At dusk a beautiful single track between the Mallos de Riglos!
Riglos – Sadaba: first alternating asphalt and slopes, then a series of beautiful single tracks to a natural swimming pool in a canyon. The 4×4 assistance is ready with your swimsuit! Cycling under the windmills and a super single track as a closing before heading out to the beautiful hospederia in Sadaba.
Sadaba-Larraga. Straight through the Bardenas Reales, the most northern desert in Europe and an incredibly beautiful playground for the bike. Then fast slopes, cross country and kilometers of single track towards the end!
Larraga – Urbasa: first out of the steppes, then a beautiful single track that ends at a source where wine (!) flows on the Compostela route. You can wave to the webcam in front of the home front while you fill your drinking bottle there. Then it climbs steeply along a canyon to the top of the picturesque mountain plateau of the sierra de Urbasa.
Urbasa – Segura. Short but beautiful stage over two mountain ridges. The first ascent with relatively many steps, but it’s incredibly beautiful and special (over a Roman road and through a cave)! Long single track descent as icing on the cake.
Stage 15: 41 mi/ 64.3 km – 4100 ft/1261 m+
Segura-Orio. Alternating asphalt and lots of single track through the very special mountains of the Basque Country – steep, damp and green… and a 900 m downhill than uphill!
Arrive at the beautiful coastal strip of Zarautz, a hotspot for wave surfers and Orio.
Good hotel and fiesta !!!
GO HOME TIRED BUT WITH THE BIGGEST SMILE 🙂
INCLUDED
NOT INCLUDED
You stay in a mixture of hotels, hostels, and log cabins – sometimes luxurious, sometimes simple – but always in a bed, never camping.
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