Electric Bike Routes
Mountain Bike trails around Luz-Saint-Sauveur
Electric Bike Routes
Mountain Bike trails around Luz-Saint-Sauveur
Electric Bike Routes and MTB trails
Electric Bike Routes that can be ridden with an E-Bike or a Mountain Bike
1. Plateau de Lienz Loop
Off-road to Turnaboup
Col du Tourmalet
From the Turnaboup car park, you will need to take the main roads as there are no off-road trails that go all the way up to the Col. The trails from the top down are very steep and technical, so best to stay on the roads as far as Turnaboup. There you will find off-road, 4WD trails that run along the river to Bareges. From Bareges, cross the wooden bridge and follow the easy, marked trails as far as Sers.
Total Route - 32 km and 1100m of climbing.
2. Luz Ardiden Trotinet Loop
St. Sauveur
The Downhill
The descent follows the trail of the popular Trotinet route, so you may catch up and pass a line of kids on funky looking red scooters. Give them space … The down hill is well marked and crosses over the main road a few times, so it’s not possible to get lost. It’s great fun and not too technical but watch out as some sections are very rocky and near the bottom there are a few tricky sections.
Total Route - 24 km and 912m of climbing.
3. Luz Ardiden and Col de Riou
Luz Ardiden via Viscos
This is a bit of a monster route, so don’t set out on full turbo mode, otherwise your battery won’t last … The first part of the route takes you to Luz Ardiden ski station via Viscos, on a very little used back road that joins up to the main Luz Ardiden road about 4 km from the top. Once you get to the ski station, (the Aulian side not Bederet), follow the Belle Bleu trail up hill almost as far as you can go. It’s steep, but do-able. Turn right at the top and follow the ridge to the Col de Riou.
The descent via Bederet
After the sign for the Col de Riou, keep going on the same trail and that will eventually get you back to the bottom of the ski station at Bederet. From there, follow the main road downhill to the start of the scooter trail, (about 4km), then you can either follow this off-road trail as shown on the map, or if you’ve had enough, take the main road back to Luz-Saint-Sauveur.
Total Route - 45 km and 1455m of climbing.
4. Plateau d'Astes and Pic de Bergons
Luz-Saint-Sauveur to the Plateau d'Astes
This is a route to get you away from the crowds. You can’t actually get up the Pic de Bergons on a mountain bike, but this route takes you south of Luz and through Villenave all the way uphill to the Plateau d’Astes. It’s a 4×4 trail so not difficult but very scenic looking back over Luz. There are a few side routes when you get to the top and it’s possible to park your bike and hike to the top of the Pic de Bergons.
The St. Sauveur loop
There’s only one road that takes you to and from the Plateau d’Astes, so you will need to go back downhill the same way. When you’re finished, if you still have enough energy, (or enough battery if you’re on one of our electric bikes), this route has a loop that takes you through St. Sauveur and up behind the Thermes.
Total Route - 30 km and 1125m of climbing.
5. Luz-Saint-Sauveur to Gedre Dessus
Luz-Saint-Sauveur to Gedre
The first part of this route takes you from Luz-Saint-Sauveur to Gedre, but on secondary roads that for the most part avoid the cars and tour buses on their way to Gavarnie. To avoid the traffic, when you get to the hydro-electric power station at Pragnères cross the river and follow the road up and over a little col and back down to Gedre. It’s a lovely, little used secondary road, perfect for our electric bikes.
Gedre Dessus
There’s a steep road out of Gedre that takes you up through Gedre Dessus and past a set of ancient water mills by the Ruisseau de Campbieil. This is a lovely spot to stop for a picnic lunch … The road finishes a couple of km after there, but at the last but one hairpin you’ll see signs for a walking trail that continues alongside the river and ends up at a bridge that crosses the river. After the bridge it’s a bit steep! You’ll need to push your bike up-hill to the D922 that you can take back down to Gedre and Luz. On the way back down you’ll see direction signs for a blue mountain bike trial No. 113 that you can follow …
Total Route - 34 km and 750m of climbing.
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