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Fontaine-L'Évêque

Hourpes Viewpoint – Manual Lock at Aulne Abbey loop from Forchies

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Fontaine-L'Évêque

Hourpes Viewpoint – Manual Lock at Aulne Abbey loop from Forchies

Hard

4.5

(13)

126

riders

Hourpes Viewpoint – Manual Lock at Aulne Abbey loop from Forchies

04:14

52.9km

670m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 10, 2026

Tips

Includes very steep uphill segments

You may need to push your bike.

After 23.8 km for 376 m

After 27.9 km for 333 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Train Station

1

2.27 km

Château de Boussu

Highlight • Castle

6.00 km

Terril du Pétria n°1

Nature Reserve

3

7.06 km

View From Terril Calvaire 2

Highlight • Viewpoint

Impossible straight line climb (at least for me) but what a view and the zigzag descent is great

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4

28.4 km

Fallen Tree with Exposed Roots

Highlight • Natural

5

29.1 km

Hourpes Viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

Superb panorama over the Sambre valley, which stretches as far as the Hameau de Hourpes, the cradle of the Carolingian steel industry.

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6

32.8 km

Manual Lock at Aulne Abbey

Highlight • Structure

This manual lock is one of the 25 that line the Sambre.

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7

33.1 km

Steep MTB Climb Near Aulne Abbey

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

After a bucolic crossing of the Sambre, there is a very nice mountain bike climb, very steep and rocky at will, in the woods.

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8

33.9 km

Lantern-Bearer Sculpture on the Leernes–Abbaye d'Aulne Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Monument

Good section, coming from Leernes towards the abbey of Aulne, succession of descents and climbs, beware of the very many stones which make the task a bit technical

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42.7 km

La Sambre

Lake

45.7 km

Parc Nelson Mandela

Forest

11

49.2 km

Forest Gravel Path

Highlight • Trail

B

52.9 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

17.7 km

15.0 km

8.98 km

6.33 km

4.55 km

360 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

24.7 km

12.7 km

7.57 km

4.62 km

2.54 km

836 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (210 m)

Lowest point (100 m)

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Thursday 15 October

19°C

12°C

54 %

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