Mountain bike Flemish Ardennes 60km

Mountain bike route through the Flemish Ardennes. We immediately start climbing the off-road kwaremont Oude. By unpaved roads, we go to the Paterberg. Via a long unpaved descent, we arrive in the middle of the Hoogbergstraat. By a long unpaved climb, we arrive at the N60. We cross it towards the paved strip of Donderij. From there follows one off-road path after another. Then comes the hill of the ice cellar. Not exactly long, but the cobblestones are sloping and twisted, laid by a troop of half-drunken road workers, underpaid and disgruntled on a rainy Monday morning. If it gets wet, it is controlled only by the greatest balance artists, the others are ruthlessly laid off. In the case of dry surfaces, this can be done, provided that the right strength is pushed and bites the teeth for some time. After which we cross the N48. Then we pedal through the Brakelbos to the Bois de la Houppe. From the chapel we pedal an off-road part into the forest, after which we descend through the forest and pedal to the Mont d'Elzelles. From here we get a nice technical descent to the N48. We cross it again and climb the Kanarieberg by an off-piste trail. Here you can grab a bite to eat at the Bistro book session. Then we continue our journey through the Muziekbos and arrive at the Spichtenberg after which we plunge back into the field to the mill. Then we climb the side of the Kruisberg and immediately after we can also climb the
Ascent of Fiertelmeers with at the end an off-road part that takes us to the Hotondberg. We do not enjoy the highest point of East Flanders for long as we descend the Scherpenberg to the Klijpe. To unlearn it, we are introduced to some other "krieren" that take us to the karnemelkbeekstraat. Via the Ronde Van Vlaanderenstraat, we pedal through the Kluisbergbos which takes us to the last gruelling off-road climb. As a reward, we can still descend the Nieuwe Kwaremont.