Travel in Auvergne

Activity: Mountain biking 🚵

Mountain biking in Auvergne: waymarked trails

Auvergne's terrain works wonders on a mountain bike. Flowing singletrack on the Forez plateaux, demanding descents in the Volcanoes, singletrack through the Livradois forest, wide high-altitude tracks in Cantal. Here you'll find the waymarked circuits listed by the federations and tourist offices.

108 itineraries available

Mountain biking
Expert

1 - La Bruyère

Start: Le Chambon-sur-Lignon

  • 15.6 km
  • +406 m
  • 1 h 10 min
Mountain biking
Expert

32 - Station circuit

Start: Salle des fêtes à Saint-Pal-de-Mons

  • 21.3 km
  • +475 m
  • 1 h 45 min
Mountain biking
Hard

33 - The Suc de Mons

Start: Salle des fêtes à Saint-Pal-de-Mons

  • 40 km
  • +1061 m
  • 3 h 30 min
Mountain biking
Moderate

37 - The Suc de Méalet

Start: Rue Pierre Savel à Saint-Pal-de-Chalencon

  • 12 km
  • +297 m
  • 1 h
Mountain biking
Expert

63 - The two rivers

Start: Saint-Romain-Lachalm

  • 16.5 km
  • +415 m
  • 1 h 45 min
Mountain biking
Expert

64 - Le Gournier

Start: Saint-Romain-Lachalm

  • 20.2 km
  • +502 m
  • 2 h
Mountain biking
Very easy

67 - Les Paziers

Start: Montregard

  • 11.6 km
  • +251 m
  • 1 h
Mountain biking
Moderate

8 - The Plateau

Start: Le Mazet-Saint-Voy

  • 14.2 km
  • +322 m
  • 1 h 05 min
Mountain biking
Moderate

Around Blesle

Start: Blesle

  • 12.2 km
  • +266 m
  • 1 h 30 min
Mountain biking
Moderate

Many woods

Start: Craponne-sur-Arzon

  • 21 km
  • +392 m
  • 2 h

Frequently asked questions

Which mountain bike areas in Auvergne should you know about?

The Sancy FFC base (Super-Besse, Le Mont-Dore), the La Loge des Gardes base (Bourbonnais), the Livradois-Forez mountain bike site (Ambert, Cunlhat), Volcan de Lemptégy (family-friendly), the Super-Besse bike park (downhill). Each base waymarks its own network of trails.

E-mountain bikes: where to hire one?

In the main tourist areas (Sancy, Mézenc, Cantal, Livradois), several hire shops rent out electric mountain bikes. See each route's page for the contacts of partner hire shops on the spot.

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