The ÒcBike XL routes are designed linking routes maintained and signposted by the Conselh Generau d’Aran. They can be done on “normal” enduro bikes, counting on the fact that there are hard climbs, or more easily with double suspension ebikes.
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If you have a whole day to ride in the surroundings of Vielha, this is your route. There are climbs of all kinds: on comfortable asphalt, on more or less rolling tracks and also on demanding singletrails. The descents are all on very good singletrails: The fantastic Projeckt of the Vielha bike park, the Salient trail, the demanding Cataplàs trail and finally the relaxed flow of the incredible Artigarits. Everything, as it usually happens in Aran, enlivened by visits to small Aranese villages (Gausach, Aubert, Betlan, Montcorbau, Mont…), mountain lakes and photogenic viewpoints.
Much of the route follows marked and maintained paths:
– The first ascent to the Oles lake is following route 40.
– From there follow the 40A (Projeckt) to Aubèrt.
– From Aubert to Betlan and Montcorbau you climb by historical paths. Pay attention to the GPS if you don’t know it, it is not signposted.
– In Montcorbau you have to cross the village and continue up to find the route 50B, where we will go down to Mont and continue to Santa Gèmma.
– There we find the Salient trail, marked as 50, where we will go up to the viewpoint of Plan de Viàs.
– It’s time to go down the 50A, the Cataplás, to Escunhau, but be careful, this one has some hard sections!
– Cross the village and go up to Tuca, taking the itinerary 63 in reverse direction. Some ramps are steep, and the legs will be already tired!
– Finish by the jewel in the crown, the new singletrack of Artigarits (61C) enjoying an incredible descent of handmade berms and hairpins, to fall surrendered in Vielha, tired and happy.

Single trail built specifically for mountain biking. A work of craftsmanship in the forests of la Tuca, with vermed curves, dubbies and slides cut into the mountain. The crown jewel of the Aran descents, a wonder that you will want to repeat again and again.

Here we propose to link it with the Camin de Hèr (61A), making the ascent by the pleasant track of la Tuca.

Historical mountain trail recovered as a fast and fun single trail of moderate overall difficulty with some more technical mixed isolated steps.

On this route, we suggest a comfortable climb along the tarmac/road trail to Bassa d’Oles. At Bòrda dera Vila, we leave MTB/Gravel route 40 and a little further up we take the common access trail to Camin des Vernedes and Auberta.

The descent, mostly in red pine forest and further down in riparian forest, takes us to Casau water tank. Here we continue the descent on another trail along the ravine to Casau and the Sant Pèr trail from Casau to Vielha.