Houffalize Red Route 3 – Houffalize loop from Houffalize
Houffalize Red Route 3 – Houffalize loop from Houffalize
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Houffalize Red Route 3 – Houffalize loop from Houffalize
04:19
44.9km
1,040m
Mountain biking
Hard mountain bike ride. Very 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 right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: June 29, 2026
Tips
Includes very steep uphill segments
You may need to push your bike.
After 16.3 km for 338 m
After 21.6 km for 127 m
Waypoints
Start point
Parking
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4.40 km
Houffalize Red Route 3
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8.61 km
Rock Garden Trail (Parc naturel des deux Ourthes)
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8.64 km
Bridge Over the Ourthe
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8.98 km
Steep Forest Trail in Parc Naturel des Deux Ourthes
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16.3 km
Forest trail in Parc naturel des deux Ourthes
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In the other direction it will be a tough climb, but doable.
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31.7 km
Wooden Bridge Over Petit Eau Stream
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44.4 km
German Panther Tank Memorial, Houffalize
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Consolation... On this site you will find enough information boards that explain the special history of this Panther Tank.
In a nutshell:
On 19 December 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge, the German unit of this tank, the 116. Panzer-Division, LVIII Panzerkorps, 5. Panzer-Armee, captured the town. On January 3, 1945, the Americans started a counter-attack and the German troops had to withdraw to the east on January 15, 1945. The tank was then upside down in the Ourthe, on the west side of Houffalize.
On September 20, 1948, the tank was taken out of the river by the engineers of Namur.
In 2017, the tank was taken apart for a two-year restoration. The tank is one of three surviving Panzerkampfwagen V Panther tanks in the Ardennes, alongside those of the Tank Monument in Celles and Tank Monument in Grandmenil.
Now we wait and look forward to the return of the tank.
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44.7 km
Houffalize
Highlight • Settlement
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44.9 km
End point
Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
32.9 km
5.78 km
5.37 km
482 m
398 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
21.9 km
10.6 km
5.54 km
3.40 km
3.16 km
308 m
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Elevation
Highest point (480 m)
Lowest point (280 m)
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Sunday 28 June
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Comments
A very well-organized and thoroughly successful event. 62km long with very long, very steep climbs and descents, and a few short technical sections (S2, one S4).
Unfortunately, I fell on an extremely steep, sandy …
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