The Bike Park is open from 5 July until 31 August 2025!
Please note, the “In the Sky” track will open from 15 July 2025.
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Ride & funThe playground for mountain bikers has grown from nearly 160km to over 200km of routes and tracks of all kinds in the last 3 years. It’s a great range of new features, with a focus on downhill and beginners!
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Not to be missed!
With over 200km of itineraries and trails for all levels and all disciplines, the Vars Bike Park is The must-see spot to fill up on thrills with friends or family!
The 2 new red trails on the enduro side:
“Red Rabbit”: 2.52km and 420m vertical drop
“Elixir” : 5.5km or +2km of pleasure from the top of the Mayt to the current start at Lac de Peyrol
The 2 new green trails in the DH (Downhill) clan:
“Golden Green”: 1.6km for 220m of vertical drop
“Squirel”: 850m to link directly to the Point Show sector
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Cross Country / VTTAE itineraries
No less than 60km of trails for VTTAE and cross-country enthusiasts are on offer: an exhilarating playground for discovering Vars, its pass, its villages, via the most beautiful trails in the area. Magnificent scenery, gentle or challenging itineraries, it’s your choice… or not, you can take it all!
Green route – 7km loop – 250m D:
You’ll discover the farmers’ path: large meadows beneath the Vars peaks with the beautiful Eyssina and the Ecrins in the background. A dream setting before entering the Pinée wood, between pines and larches to reach your starting point at Vars Sainte Catherine.
Green routes
Balcons de Vars: 3km – 150m D+ / 130m D-
Lac de Peyrol: 4km – 504m D
Join les Claux from Vars Sainte-Marie via Lac de Peyrol on a route with little difficulty and finish in DH on the “Décou’verte”
Blue route – 18km – 720m D :
A grand tour for this beautiful hike towards the Refuge Napoléon then the summit of Peynier with a 360° view of the surrounding mountains with back down the mystical Bois de Laver to the Pont de la Salce at Vars Sainte Catherine. You will then reach the villages of Saint Marcellin and Sainte Marie along the Chagne torrent before returning to Vars les Claux, your starting point.
Itinerary blue- 17km – 700m D:
Take a tour of the owner, including the complete white forest in Vars and Risoul!
Red itinerary – 14.5km – 700m D:
From the top of the village of Les Claux, overlook Lac Napoléon before switching to the Peynier sector to reach the heights of Sainte-Catherine. Technical itinerary.
Red itinerary – 10.5km – 470m D :
WARNING, this trail will be closed for the entire summer season 2025.
We spice things up a bit with this loop from Les Claux that takes you to explore the Bois Noir via the Refuge Napoléon. There are more steep sections, both uphill and downhill, on this sporty and challenging route which takes you back to Vars les Claux along the Chagne torrent.
This loop takes you from Les Claux to explore the Bois Noir via the Refuge Napoléon.
Black route – 10km loop – 481m D:
Gain height on this wild trail, a balcony overlooking the villages and the Vars valley between meadows and woods beneath the Vars peaks. Discover the Pinée wood with its Crepoun rock and its hut, a real nature bath on the heights of Fortune, the name given to the village of Vars Sainte Catherine thanks to an exhibition making it the attic of the commune.
Black route – 41km – 1400m D:
This final route is for seasoned riders, fanatics and foodies! It completes all the new VTTAE / Cross-country itineraries
DESCENT TRACKS (DH)
Green Trail – 3.4km – 350m D-
NEW – Green trail – 1.66km – 220m D-
Green trail – 850m – 80m D-
Blue trail – 2.3km – 190m D- and 20m D+
Blue trail – 3.9km – 360m D- and 10m D+
Blue trail – 3.5km – 600m D-
Red trail – 2.5km – 350m D-
ENDURO ROUTES
Blue route- 4km and 370m D-
NEW – Red route – 2.52km – 420m D-
Red route – 1.18km – 214m D- and 60m D+
Red route – 5.5km – 760m D- and 11m D+
Red route – 3.9km – 550m D- and 15m D+
CAUTION, this track will open from 15 July 2025
Red route – 4.7km – 850m D- and 20m D+
Black route – 2km – 390m D-
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6 free VTTAE charging points:
- 4 at the Télémix in Chabrières
- 2 at the Caribou toboggan run
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Practicalities
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MTB Team Up
See you at the Vars Bike Park on 05 and 06 July with the MTB Team Up enduro and rando!!
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