There are 4 signposted MTB routes in Somme-Leuze, all of which start at Heure.
The routes are each 9 km/160 m altitude (blue) , 12 km/170 m altitude (yellow) , 20 km/333 m altitude (red) and 26 km/456 m altitude (green).
This course is a combination of course 3 and 1, where you move from course 3 to course 1 at the Drêve de Waillet to continue with course 3 on your return. They are 29 km / 500 hm long.
The course starts in the parking lot near the Heure church.
We start with a one-kilometer climb, first on asphalt, but then switch to singletrack. We reach the top of a work by Les Sentiers d'Art: Le chemin des 4 lunes. After a flat part, a descent begins that becomes unpaved in Les Vennes up to the Le Bouchet stream, where we are back on asphalt. Now it's 4 km uphill. Shortly before Baillonville we turn right onto a dirt road. After a left and a right turn we reach the Avenida de Waillet, then we reach the highest point of the promenade in the Bois d'Heure .
Staying on this plateau for a while, we now switch to path 1 (blue) to begin a pleasant descent of a kilometer and a half to reach the Rau du Trou du Loup . The path is now paved again and it goes up and down to the starting point again.
We continue to follow the blue with a climb of about 2 kilometers on asphalt to Jalna. We pass again the work of Les Sentiers d'Art: Le chemin des 4 lunes. Then there is a pleasant descent where the tarmac becomes the Rau du Trou du Loup.
Now follows a long dirt climb of 2 km between the firs, larches and oaks of the Bois d'Heure . Let's move on to another work by Les Sentiers d'Art: Lartbri Cubique. On the Avenue de Waillet we are again at the top of the Bernauthier (280 m) with a wide view over the city.
We stay on this plateau until Tige de Hogne where the road surface becomes asphalt. If we turn a little further to the left, a pleasant off-road descent to the Sinsin Cemetery begins. From the Rau de Blesset begins an all-terrain climb up to 270m , followed by a descent that soon joins the N929 to Nettine. A detour to the Grotte ND du Rosaire is a nice break. We now begin the off-road climb of the Croix Maillard and again reach the Bois des Sarts at 270m.
There follows a 2 km descent to the Rau du Neuf Vivier , which we cross twice through the Bos d'Avennes . After a small climb of a few tens of meters in altitude, the off-road part ends and you quickly descend to the starting point on asphalt .
Also, check out the sightseeing information while you're there. They tell you what you can see!
01/2023
Source: Willem Vandenameele
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