Brownsville - Not in Spain

Difficulty: Some hills
Terrian: Local Roads
Time: approx 8 hours
Distance: approx 160km / 100 mi (round trip)
Max Delta Elevation: ~1000ft



GPX FILE (ref only; I don't have a gps!)

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Montserrat MOUNTAIN Ride

What we actually did:




GPX file

What we had found on the internet:

Barcelona to Santa Coloma

GPX FILE (ref only; I don't have a gps!)

Difficulty: Moderate to Hard
Terrain: Gravel roads and paths and road.
Time: approx 3:00 hours
Distance: approx 17.6km (one-way)
Max Delta Elevation: 20-420 = 400 meters

Sant Cugat del Valles to Barcelona via Hipica

GPX FILE (ref only; I don't have a gps!)

Difficulty: Moderate to Hard
Terrain: Gravel roads and paths and road.
Time: approx 1:30 hours
Distance: approx 23.8km (one-way)
Max Delta Elevation: 280-20 = 260 meters

Barcelona to Sant Cugat del Valles (HP) over Matamachos

GPX FILE (ref only; I don't have a gps!)


Difficulty: Moderate to Hard
Terrain: Gravel roads and paths and road.
Time: approx 1:30 hours
Distance: approx 16.2km (one-way)
Max Delta Elevation: 100-340 = 240 meters

This is the path that will get you from Barcelona to Sant Cugat and even to HP. Most of the ride is on forest trails with some access by cars. The hardest part is called Matamachos and is soon after the climb to the top of the first hill. The rest is downhill after that point so it isn't too bad.

Barcelona to St. Cugat via St. Medir

GPX FILE (ref only; I don't have a gps!)



Difficulty: Moderate to Hard
Terrain: Gravel roads and paths and road.
Time: approx 1:20 hours
Distance: approx 13.8km (one-way)
Max Delta Elevation: 200-439 = 239 meters

This is the path that will get you from Barcelona to Sant Cugat. You will ride on a lot of paved road most of which does not have a lot of traffic. Be careful on BV-1417, that's the road you hit right after the trail ride of Carreterra de Aigues. Also, be careful on the single lane road around the turns! The rest is easy and down hill. If you really want a nice steep up hill try this route in the reverse direction. If you would rather take a trail that has more rocks and less road look at .

Bike Barcelona to Tibidabo

GPX FILE (ref only; I don't have a gps!)



Difficulty: Moderate to Hard
Terrain: Gravel roads and paths, some road.
Time: approx 1:30 hours
Distance: approx 6.6km (one-way)
Delta Elevation: 500-300 = 200 meters

This route is really a beautiful quick ride to the top of Tibadabo. You can really get some great views of the city.