Road Cyclists
Cycling routes around Oz en Oisans - Oz en Oisans is a great base camp for road cyclists to explore the six Oisans valleys. The scenery is amazing but the routes can be demanding. During a week’s stay riders can tick off many of the cycling world’s most famous mountain climbs such as the Col du Lautaret, Col du Galibier and the Croix de Fer which are often used by the Tour De France
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Many choose to return again and again to the region to discover a limitless supply of lesser known but just as spectacular and challenging routes. A good starting point to find out more is to download the cycling guide found at http://www.oz-en-oisans.com/en/mtb-cycling-and-hiking/cycling
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Tour De
France – The region
often hosts the Tour De France. With so many world famous cycling routes found
locally, it is no surprise that the region regularly hosts a stage of the Tour
De France, often finishing with the 21 hairpin bends of the Alpe d’Huez, so
easily accessible from Oz.
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La Marmotte - This annual amateur event held at the beginning of July attracts up to 8,000 competitors. The 175km route starts in Bourg d’Oisans, goes over the Col du Glandon, Col du Telegraphe and Col du Galibier, and finishes in Alpe d’Huez. The Marmotte includes over 5,180 metres of climbing and Oz is used by many competitors as a base.
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Alpe d’Huez Time Trial – Every Thursday in July and August at 10am an official amateur time trial on this famous climb starts at the tourist office in Bourg d’Oisans. Competitors receive an official time certificate and prizes are given to the winners of various categories.
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Mountain bikes
Downhill and Freeride
Oz offers direct access to the heart of Alpe d’Huez via the Poutran lift. The whole area is filled with more than 250km of tracks and marked trails that are suitable for all levels and types of mountain biking, downhill, endure, freeride and cross country.
Lifts open from early July to the end of August.
Oz offers direct access to the heart of Alpe d’Huez via the Poutran lift. The whole area is filled with more than 250km of tracks and marked trails that are suitable for all levels and types of mountain biking, downhill, endure, freeride and cross country.
Lifts open from early July to the end of August.
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Oz - Alpe d'Huez grand domaine MTB in numbers 37 mountain bike trails 3 Bike Parks (Oz en Oisans, Vaujany, Alpe d’Huez) 2 Pump Tracks (Oz en Oisans, Vaujany) 2 North Shore Zones (Oz en Oisans, Alpe d’Huez) Beginners' Trials Zones (Oz en Oisans) 2610m vertical drop without taking a lift: from Pic Blanc (3330m) to Allemont (720m) 6 Washing Points (Oz en Oisans, Vaujany, Alpe d’Huez, Auris en Oisans, Allemont) 7 Bike Patrols 9 Lifts for bikers 8 Free shuttles a day from the valley to Oz Station |
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Megavalanche is a mountainbike downhill marathon style event that mixes gravity-assisted excitement with enduro levels of fitness, guaranteed to test both nerve and physique. The most famous round is run from Alpe d'Huez, starting on the glaciated summit of the Pic Blanc (3,300m) and descending to the lush meadows of the valley bottom at Allemont (720m), after some 2000 metres down and 30 km along
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