Cevennes by Mountain Bike

Cevennes by Mountain Bike

Endurance in fabulous landscapes

4 or 5 days

 

At first the Cevennes National Park designed this trail for the first horse backpacking endurance race in Europe. Since then, this trail has been opened for other kind of tours such as Moutnain Bike Tours. The visitors ride inside plenty of different grounds and sceneries : Mount Aigoual, Causse Méjean, Causse de Sauveterre, Tarn River Gorges, Mount Lozere…

This tour ensure to cross exceptional land enlisted on the UNESCO natural heritage list for the landscape made by the shepherds and the sheeps cattles.

Trip highlights: 

- a beautiful descent in the Tarn gorges

- the ascent of Mt Aigoual (1565 m)

- the crossing of the Causse Méjean and its wide open spaces

- Mt Lozere (and its ascent for the strong ones!) in the 5-day formula

- the dense forests of the Aigoual Massif

TYPE OF TRIP: 

 

Guided Tour
A fully qualified MTB guide provides his services for party of 4 minimum
 

Independant Tour
We provide you with the maps and the road book. The accommdation and the catering will be reserved for you.

Travel advisories: 

Hello, yes, very satisfied with our stay, nice and varied mountain bike ride, two calm days to get on your feet and two days a little stronger, very good welcome with a very good mention for the gite on the Causse de Sauveterre, luggage side no problems.

Thank you for the service and look forward to traveling with your organization another time.

Emmanuel - Franche Comté

 

Hello

I'm sorry for the delay in responding, but the resumption of activity is intense.

Superb hike, very friendly reception and gites, we have or make the last stage because of heavy rain that lasted all day.

At Aire de Côte, the person from the gite advised us to take the forest track rather than the GR which became very difficult to ride. After the Mont Aigoual, we were indicated during our descent in the forest a variant which allows us to reach a crete path which offers a magnificent panorama: even if it is less long, it is much more varied than the forest.

In short everything was perfect, we will come back to do the last stage.

See you soon.
Jean-roger - Charente

 

Good morning, sir,
My apologies for the delay;
My general impression is very favourable: I appreciated the diversity of the landscapes I travelled through and the sites I visited;
As it was quite hot that week, we enjoyed the swimming pool in Meyrueis or swimming in the Tarn...
in Ste Enimie which gave us a good reboost before going up on the Causse de Sauveterre.
The sites of reception were very different but all received us very well (mention to the young couple of the lodging of the 1st day).
In the end, there are a lot of beautiful memories in your head (Aigoual, Ste Enimie,) and welcoming people, what more could you ask for!
I thank you again for your beautiful performance
See you later for another raid of your composition.
Jacques

LEVEL: 

 

This bike-raid requires the participants to be in a good shape, to be able to practice mountain bike on a steep ground. You should practice Mountain Bike few weeks before your trip, it's better if you pratice regularly all year long. Going to the gym can also help to be fit for this trip.

Wild spaces of Causses and Cévennes
PROGRAM: 

4 or 5 days bike-raid between Causses and Cévennes.

 

4 days

Day 1 : 45 km - elevation : 1640 m

Day 2 : 41 km - elevation : 1715 m

Day 3 : 50 km - elevation : 1690 m

Day 4 : 56 km - elevation : 1475 m

 

5 days

Day 1 : 45 km - elevation : 1455 m

Day 2 : 41 km - elevation : 1250 m

Day  3 : 50 km - elevation : 1690 m

Day 4 : 58 km - elevation : 1705 m

Day 5 : 45 km - elevation : 440 m

 

PERIODS

 

From end of April to October

Point of view from arboretum of Mont Aigoual
Lozere Mount
Green water of Tarn river
La prestation comprend

• Accommodation in gite for groups, hotels or in B&B.

• Breakfasts, packed lunches and dinners.

• The road book and the maps in the self guided trip

• luggage transport

La prestation ne comprend pas
• Personal expenditure

• Comprehensive insurance (4,5%)
• The service of a guide (in the guided tour)
• The bike rental (possible)

COME BY TRAIN: 

We all know the impact of our car travels on the environment. Driving to the holidays location can produce a large amount of CO2 because of the long haul distance to get away...
Therefore, if low impact mobility interests you, Alès, welcomes you. A bus or our minivan can take you to your accommodation.
Check your journey by train with SNCF or OUIGO and contact us for any further information.