{"id":7412,"date":"2026-11-06T14:51:03","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T13:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/?page_id=7412"},"modified":"2026-11-06T14:51:03","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T13:51:03","slug":"gravel-en-ardenne","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/en\/gravel-en-ardenne\/","title":{"rendered":"Gravel en Ardenne : gravel ou VTT ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Tinos:ital,wght@0,700;1,700&amp;family=Open+Sans:wght@400;600;700&amp;display=swap\"><style id=\"rr-gravel-css\">#grv-page{--paper:#F7F3EA;--paper2:#EFE9DD;--card:#FFFDF8;--ink:#1F201C;--mute:#6B675C;--bronze:#86632A;--line:#DDD5C4;--aire:#24476B}\n#grv-page,#grv-page *{box-sizing:border-box}\n#grv-page{-webkit-text-size-adjust:100%}\n#grv-page{margin:0;overflow-x:hidden;background:var(--paper);color:var(--ink);font:400 17px\/1.65 'Open Sans',system-ui,sans-serif}\n#grv-page .art{display:none;max-width:760px;margin:0 auto;padding:46px 22px 80px}\n#grv-page .art.on{display:block}\n#grv-page .kicker{margin:0 0 14px;color:var(--bronze);font:700 12px\/1 'Open Sans',sans-serif;letter-spacing:.2em;text-transform:uppercase}\n#grv-page h1{font:700 clamp(36px,7vw,58px)\/1.02 'Tinos','Times New Roman',serif;margin:0 0 14px;letter-spacing:-.01em}\n#grv-page .dek{font:italic 700 clamp(19px,3vw,23px)\/1.35 'Tinos',serif;color:#3a3830;margin:0 0 14px}\n#grv-page .meta{color:var(--mute);font-size:13px;margin:0 0 30px;padding-bottom:22px;border-bottom:1px solid var(--line)}\n#grv-page .lead{font-size:19px;line-height:1.6}\n#grv-page h2{font:700 28px\/1.15 'Tinos',serif;margin:44px 0 14px}\n#grv-page h3{font:700 19px\/1.2 'Tinos',serif;margin:26px 0 8px}\n#grv-page ul,#grv-page ol{padding-left:20px}\n#grv-page li{margin:0 0 10px}\n#grv-page li b{font-weight:700}\n#grv-page ol.check{counter-reset:c;list-style:none;padding:0}\n#grv-page ol.check li{counter-increment:c;position:relative;padding-left:40px;min-height:28px}\n#grv-page ol.check li:before{content:counter(c);position:absolute;left:0;top:-1px;width:27px;height:27px;border-radius:50%;background:var(--ink);color:var(--paper);font:700 13px\/27px 'Open Sans',system-ui,sans-serif;text-align:center}\n#grv-page .punch{margin:40px 0 0;padding:26px 0 0;border-top:2px solid var(--ink);font:italic 700 22px\/1.45 'Tinos',serif}\n#grv-page a{color:var(--bronze)}\n#grv-page .xx-mapsec{position:relative;width:min(1140px,100vw);margin:46px 0 0 calc((100% - 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It drops down stony tracks towards the Lesse, claws at the roots of the beech woods, crosses ground that drinks the rain and gives it back as mud. The Ardennes have a character: before you choose your bike, you have to learn it.<\/p><h2>The Ardennes are not Tuscany<\/h2><p>Three things make the Ardennes.<\/p><p><b>Water.<\/b> The High Fens get close to 1,400&nbsp;mm of rain a year, against a Belgian average of 910&nbsp;mm. April is the driest month, December the wettest. The track that rolled in May turns into a rut by November.<\/p><p><b>Relief.<\/b> It is never high: the Signal de Botrange tops out at 694&nbsp;m. But the Ourthe, the Ambl\u00e8ve, the Semois and the Lesse have carved short, steep slopes that give no respite. Our <a href=\"\/en\/cda-offroad\/\">Conqu\u00eate des Ardennes Offroad<\/a> packs 8,000&nbsp;m of climbing into 400&nbsp;km: twenty metres up for every kilometre.<\/p><p><b>Ground.<\/b> It is alive. Shale that slides, roots of beech and spruce, logging ruts, carpets of leaves in autumn. Ardennes gravel is not \"Strade Bianche\" gravel.<\/p><figure class=\"ph ph--pair\"><div class=\"ph__g\"><img src=\"https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gravel-ardenne-piste-forestiere-grumes-768x1024.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gravel-ardenne-piste-forestiere-grumes-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gravel-ardenne-piste-forestiere-grumes-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gravel-ardenne-piste-forestiere-grumes-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gravel-ardenne-piste-forestiere-grumes.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 50vw, 354px\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"Loaded gravel bike leaning against a stack of logs beside a forest track\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><img src=\"https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gravel-ardenne-velo-chemin-prairie-768x1024.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gravel-ardenne-velo-chemin-prairie-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gravel-ardenne-velo-chemin-prairie-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gravel-ardenne-velo-chemin-prairie-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gravel-ardenne-velo-chemin-prairie.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 50vw, 354px\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"Gravel bike lying on a twin-rut track between two meadows\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div><figcaption>Logs by the forest track, twin ruts through the meadows: one bike, two kinds of ground.<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>So the question is not \"gravel or MTB?\" in the abstract. It is: which bike for which track, in which season, over which distance.<\/p><h2>What the law draws for us<\/h2><p>In Walloon forests, the Forest Code chooses part of the route for us. On a bike, you ride on roads and on tracks, meaning any way more than one metre wide, dirt or gravel. Paths, which are narrower, are reserved for walkers, unless official waymarking opens them to mountain bikes. Firebreaks, logging tracks and hunting rides stay closed, even without a sign.<\/p><p>So the legal network of the Ardennes forest is the network of wide tracks: exactly gravel terrain. The mountain bike takes over where waymarking allows it, as on the marked trails of Houffalize or La Roche-en-Ardenne.<\/p><figure class=\"ph ph--col\"><img src=\"https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gravel-ardenne-route-forestiere-epiceas-1024x934.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gravel-ardenne-route-forestiere-epiceas-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gravel-ardenne-route-forestiere-epiceas-768x701.jpg 768w, https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gravel-ardenne-route-forestiere-epiceas-1024x934.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gravel-ardenne-route-forestiere-epiceas.jpg 1051w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 716px\" width=\"1051\" height=\"959\" alt=\"Straight stony forest road between two rows of spruce\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><figcaption>A stony forest road between the spruces: natural gravel country.<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>A route that takes a forbidden path damages the forest, and the trust between riders and the people who manage it.<\/p><h2>Gravel or MTB?<\/h2><p>Gravel wins as soon as the distance grows and the track widens. The mountain bike wins when the ground gives way.<\/p><div class=\"tbl\"><table><thead><tr><th>Terrain or situation<\/th><th>Best choice<\/th><th>Why<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Gravel tracks, wide forest roads, greenways<\/td><td data-l=\"Best choice\">Gravel<\/td><td data-l=\"Why\">Lighter, faster, made for it<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Long distance, several days, links on small roads<\/td><td data-l=\"Best choice\">Gravel<\/td><td data-l=\"Why\">An MTB wears out, and wears you out, on tarmac<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Loaded bikepacking<\/td><td data-l=\"Best choice\">Gravel, or a hardtail MTB if the route is very technical<\/td><td data-l=\"Why\">Position, bags, efficiency over the long haul<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Winter, deep mud, soaked leaves<\/td><td data-l=\"Best choice\">MTB<\/td><td data-l=\"Why\">On a gravel bike: wide knobbly tyres, and some pushing<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rocky descents, roots, slopes of 15% and more<\/td><td data-l=\"Best choice\">MTB<\/td><td data-l=\"Why\">A gravel bike gets through, but it takes skill and arms<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Waymarked MTB networks (Houffalize, La Roche)<\/td><td data-l=\"Best choice\">MTB<\/td><td data-l=\"Why\">They are built for it, paths included<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><p>If you only have one bike for the Ardennes: a gravel bike that takes 45 to 50&nbsp;mm tyres, with a very low gear. From March to October, it goes almost everywhere.<\/p><figure class=\"ph ph--wide\"><img src=\"https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gravel-ardenne-coupe-forestiere-1024x768.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gravel-ardenne-coupe-forestiere-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gravel-ardenne-coupe-forestiere-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gravel-ardenne-coupe-forestiere-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gravel-ardenne-coupe-forestiere-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gravel-ardenne-coupe-forestiere.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1040px) 100vw, 1040px\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" alt=\"Stony track through a regrowing forest clearing, with a few lone beeches\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><figcaption>A clearing growing back, a track running on: this is where gravel feels at home.<\/figcaption><\/figure><h2>Setting up your bike for the Ardennes<\/h2><p>In the Ardennes, you choose your tyres by the season, and your gears for the climbs.<\/p><div class=\"tbl\"><table><thead><tr><th>Season<\/th><th>Tyres<\/th><th>Plan for<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>April to June, September<\/td><td data-l=\"Tyres\">40 to 45&nbsp;mm, semi-slick or small knobs<\/td><td data-l=\"Plan for\">The best window: dry ground, long days<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>July, August<\/td><td data-l=\"Tyres\">40 to 45&nbsp;mm<\/td><td data-l=\"Plan for\">Dust, heat, few water points in the forest<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>October to December<\/td><td data-l=\"Tyres\">45 to 50&nbsp;mm knobbly<\/td><td data-l=\"Plan for\">Mudguards, lights, and hunting days<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>January to March<\/td><td data-l=\"Tyres\">50&nbsp;mm knobbly, or an MTB<\/td><td data-l=\"Plan for\">Spare brake pads: the mud eats them<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><ul><li><b>Gears.<\/b> Aim for a lowest gear below 1:1 (chainring smaller than the largest sprocket). Ardennes walls come early and give no warning.<\/li><li><b>Tubeless.<\/b> With sealant. Shale cuts, brambles prick.<\/li><li><b>Pressure.<\/b> Lower than on the road: grip on a wet root is worth more than watts.<\/li><\/ul><figure class=\"ph ph--wide ph--land\"><div class=\"ph__g\"><img src=\"https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gravel-ardenne-chemin-colza-1024x768.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gravel-ardenne-chemin-colza-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gravel-ardenne-chemin-colza-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gravel-ardenne-chemin-colza-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gravel-ardenne-chemin-colza-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gravel-ardenne-chemin-colza.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 516px\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" alt=\"Stony track between two fields of flowering rapeseed\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><img src=\"https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gravel-ardenne-chemin-mais-1024x768.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gravel-ardenne-chemin-mais-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gravel-ardenne-chemin-mais-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gravel-ardenne-chemin-mais-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gravel-ardenne-chemin-mais-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/gravel-ardenne-chemin-mais.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 516px\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" alt=\"Dirt track between a maize field and a meadow, under a cloudy sky\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div><figcaption>Rapeseed in spring, maize at summer's end: on the plateau tracks, the season makes the ground.<\/figcaption><\/figure><h2>Our routes: which bike?<\/h2><div class=\"tbl\"><table><thead><tr><th>Route<\/th><th>Distance and climbing<\/th><th>Terrain<\/th><th>Our advice<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><a href=\"\/en\/hardennes-gravel-tour\/\">Hardennes Gravel Tour<\/a> 100 and 200<\/td><td data-l=\"Distance and climbing\">100 or 200&nbsp;km<\/td><td data-l=\"Terrain\">Wide tracks, country roads<\/td><td data-l=\"Our advice\">Gravel<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"\/en\/hardennes-gravel-tour\/\">Hardennes Gravel Tour<\/a> 300<\/td><td data-l=\"Distance and climbing\">300&nbsp;km<\/td><td data-l=\"Terrain\">Fast-rolling, designed for gravel<\/td><td data-l=\"Our advice\">Gravel<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"\/en\/hardennes-gravel-tour\/\">Hardennes Gravel Tour<\/a> 500 and 700<\/td><td data-l=\"Distance and climbing\">500 or 700&nbsp;km<\/td><td data-l=\"Terrain\">Committing: gravel, forest tracks, a few singletracks<\/td><td data-l=\"Our advice\">Gravel on 45-50&nbsp;mm, or a hardtail MTB<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"\/en\/cda-offroad\/\">Conqu\u00eate des Ardennes Offroad<\/a><\/td><td data-l=\"Distance and climbing\">400&nbsp;km, 8,000&nbsp;m of climbing<\/td><td data-l=\"Terrain\">Deep forest, steep slopes<\/td><td data-l=\"Our advice\">Gravel on 45-50&nbsp;mm, or a hardtail MTB<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><p>Our other brevets, the <a href=\"\/en\/conquete-des-ardennes\/\">Conqu\u00eate des Ardennes<\/a>, the <a href=\"\/en\/royale-mosane\/\">Royale Mosane<\/a> and the <a href=\"\/en\/cassepattes\/\">Casse-Pattes<\/a>, are ridden on the road.<\/p><h2>Before you go<\/h2><ul><li><b>Hunting.<\/b> From 1 October to 31 December, some forests close on drive-hunt days. The official notices at the edge of the woods are what counts; the Walloon Region's ChasseOnWeb map helps you plan.<\/li><li><b>The High Fens.<\/b> Since March 2026, every way in the reserve has its own rule: bikes banned on some, allowed beside the boardwalks on others. The areas burnt in August 2026, including the Fens around Spa, remain closed indefinitely. Check <a href=\"https:\/\/wallonie.be\/fr\/actualites\/incendie-dans-les-fagnes-ce-14-aout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Region's map<\/a> before you go.<\/li><li><b>Sleeping.<\/b> Wild camping is not allowed; the DNF's 29 bivouac sites are free. It is all on our page <a href=\"\/en\/dormir-dehors-en-ardenne\/\">Sleeping out in the Ardennes<\/a>, map included, with water points.<\/li><\/ul><p class=\"punch\">The Ardennes are not tamed. You learn to read them, track after track, season after season.<\/p><\/div><footer class=\"ft\"><h3>Sources<\/h3><ol class=\"src\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallonie.be\/fr\/demarches\/circuler-en-foret-en-wallonie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forest Code: moving through the forest (Wallonia, in French)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallonie.be\/fr\/demarches\/annoncer-les-actions-de-chasse-et-demander-la-fermeture-de-la-foret\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hunting and forest closures (Wallonia, in French)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wallex.wallonie.be\/eli\/arrete\/2026\/02\/05\/2026001369\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Order of 5 February 2026 on access to the High Fens reserve (in French)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wallonie.be\/fr\/actualites\/incendie-dans-les-fagnes-ce-14-aout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">High Fens fire: measures in force (Wallonia, in French)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meteo.be\/fr\/climat\/climat-de-la-belgique\/atlas-climatique\/cartes-climatiques\/precipitations\/quantites-de-precipitations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Royal Meteorological Institute: rainfall in Belgium (in French)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtbf.be\/article\/se-balader-en-foret-ou-en-pleine-nature-sans-faux-pas-11691721\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RTBF: the DNF&#x27;s 29 bivouac sites (in French)<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/footer><\/article><\/div><script>(function(){var root=document.getElementById('grv-page');if(!root||root.getAttribute('data-ready')){return;}root.setAttribute('data-ready','1');\nfunction fit(){var nav=document.querySelector('.h-navigation_overlap'),off=0;if(nav&&!root.contains(nav)){var nb=nav.getBoundingClientRect(),base=root.getBoundingClientRect().top;if(nb.height>0&&nb.top<=base+1){off=Math.round(nb.bottom-base);}}\nroot.style.setProperty('--grv-hdr',Math.max(0,Math.min(off,260))+'px');}\nfit();window.addEventListener('load',fit);if(document.fonts&&document.fonts.ready){document.fonts.ready.then(fit);}\nvar t;window.addEventListener('resize',function(){clearTimeout(t);t=setTimeout(fit,150);});})();<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7412","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7412"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7413,"href":"https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7412\/revisions\/7413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resistandride.cc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}