Adventure bike routes in Barcelona
Text reviewed on October 16, 2026 · OpenStreetMap data from October 8, 2026
The province of Barcelona has 27,142 km of mapped dirt track and 47,692 km of unpaved ways: 69 % of its network is dirt, although four in ten of those kilometres are singletrack (19,294 km) that doesn't count on a motorcycle. The good adventure riding is inland, in the Berguedà, the Bages and the Moianès, where forest track meets the Pre-Pyrenees. OpenStreetMap figures from October 2026.
Whole region:Catalonia
What the terrain is like
The Berguedà (Berga, Guardiola de Berguedà, Gósol) is the mountain comarca: forest and ridge tracks climbing above 1,400 m at the foot of the Pedraforca and the Cadí. Berga → Gósol is the hardest route in Barcelona (difficulty up to 58/100). The Bages and Moianès (Navàs, Súria, Moià, Calders) are lower and easier: long tracks between farmhouses and forest, good for two-and-a-half-hour loops.
We give no example in the Montseny or the metropolitan area: when we tried Viladrau → Sant Celoni the planner came back with a route that was less than a fifth dirt track, and in a natural park only the tracks set out in its plan are allowed.
More than half of the dirt tracks have no surface tagged in OpenStreetMap: their difficulty is an estimate from neighbouring tracks and the planner flags them as unknown.
The terrain in figures
What is mapped in OpenStreetMap as of October 2026, scored with the same difficulty model the planner uses. Ways that cross the boundary count only for the part inside.
- Unpaved ways (dirt tracks, lanes and singletrack)
- 47,692 km
- Paved roads and streets
- 21,525 km
- Share of the network that is dirt
- 69 %
- Of which, dirt tracks
- 27,142 km
- Very firm dirt track1,530 km
- Firm dirt track3,410 km
- Rough dirt track5,422 km
- Very rough dirt track1,521 km
- Barely passable dirt track809 km
- No surface data14,450 km
- Other dirt lanes (rural, service)
- 1,256 km
- Singletrack and footpaths (almost always off-limits to motorbikes)
- 19,294 km
- Easy15,472 km
- Medium9,341 km
- Hard3,513 km
- Expert72 km
- Mapped fords
- 5,852 (5,495 points and 357 sections)
- Elevation (terrain model, approximate)
- from 0 to 2,540 m
- Fuel stations
- 821
- Bars and restaurants
- 14,540
Dirt tracks by surface (as tagged in OpenStreetMap):
Difficulty of tracks and lanes, singletrack excluded · average 28/100
Each way's difficulty comes from its surface, grade, condition and the real slope from the terrain model, in the easier direction; singletrack is left out of that average because on a motorbike it is almost never an option. Fords are the ones somebody has mapped in OpenStreetMap: there are more. It is all public, crowd-sourced data: it may not match what you find.
Routes to get started
Five routes with no singletrack through the Berguedà, the Bages and the Moianès: the short, demanding Berga → Gósol, the mixed Moià → Berga, the all-rounder Navàs → Guardiola de Berguedà (84 km with 29 fords) and two two-and-a-half-hour loops, one from Berga (Trail level) and one from Navàs (Maxitrail).
Calculated with Corally's planner with no singletrack and at the level shown; times are riding time at adventure-bike pace, no stops. They are saved: the link does not expire.
Trail level · a bit of spice
Berga → Gósol
Berguedà: 55 km to Gósol, at the foot of the Pedraforca, 42 % dirt track, a high point near 1,500 m, nine fords and several rough sections and ruts. The hardest in Barcelona.
- Distance
- 55 km
- Time
- 1 h 28 min
- Dirt
- 42 %
- Max. difficulty
- 58/100 · Hard
- Climb
- +1,933 m
- Warnings
- 15 warnings · 9 fords
Maxitrail level · take it easy
Moià → Berga
From the Moianès to the Berguedà: 60 km, half on easy dirt track (max 45/100), ten fords and moderate climbing.
- Distance
- 60 km
- Time
- 1 h 28 min
- Dirt
- 51 %
- Max. difficulty
- 45/100 · Medium
- Climb
- +991 m
- Warnings
- 11 warnings · 10 fords
Trail level · a bit of spice
Navàs → Guardiola de Berguedà
The Berguedà all-rounder: 84 km with 71 % dirt track, 29 fords, seven steep climbs, ruts and a high point of nearly 1,700 m. Over two hours of riding.
- Distance
- 84 km
- Time
- 2 h 19 min
- Dirt
- 71 %
- Max. difficulty
- 60/100 · Hard
- Climb
- +2,452 m
- Warnings
- 44 warnings · 29 fords
Trail level · a bit of spice
Bucle desde Berga
A loop of about two and a half hours from Berga: 97 km with two thirds on dirt track, 17 fords and 2,000 m of accumulated climbing.
- Distance
- 97 km
- Time
- 2 h 38 min
- Dirt
- 68 %
- Max. difficulty
- 56/100 · Hard
- Climb
- +2,007 m
- Warnings
- 19 warnings · 17 fords
Maxitrail level · take it easy
Bucle desde Navàs
A two-and-a-half-hour loop from Navàs: 107 km, 61 % on dirt track, max difficulty 45/100 and 13 fords. The easy loop.
- Distance
- 107 km
- Time
- 2 h 40 min
- Dirt
- 61 %
- Max. difficulty
- 45/100 · Medium
- Climb
- +2,110 m
- Warnings
- 15 warnings · 13 fords
Fords and crossings to watch
This region has 5,852 fords mapped in OpenStreetMap. The planner and the roadbook warn about them and tell apart the ones that carry water from the ones that may (ramblas and gullies that run dry most of the year).
Barcelona has 5,852 mapped fords, mostly in the Berguedà and the Bages: streams and rieras across the forest tracks. Navàs → Guardiola de Berguedà flags 29 in 84 km.
Rieras tend to be dry and come down hard after a storm: what's dry in the morning may not be by afternoon. The planner tells the fords that carry water from the ones that may.
What the rules say in Catalonia
- In Catalonia, Llei 9/1995 on motorised access to the natural environment and Decret 166/1998 only open to motor vehicles the paved tracks or those 4 metres wide or more, plus authorised lanes (art. 6); riding cross-country, on firebreaks, on skid trails and on livestock routes is banned (art. 7) and the speed limit is 30 km/h (art. 13).
- Each comarca keeps an inventory of tracks with an access traffic light (art. 11), group sizes are limited (art. 16) and in protected areas (in Barcelona, among others, the Montseny and Cadí-Moixeró natural parks) only the tracks set out in their plan are allowed. Corally does not check that inventory or the width of each track: a track on your route may not be open to motorcycles.
We don't have the rules page for this region yet. Meanwhile: public open tracks only, and signs and closures always win.
Base towns, fuel and food
Súria, Navàs, Balsareny, Monistrol de Calders, Calders and Avinyó are the towns with the most climbing dirt track around them. Navàs and Balsareny are the best bases (three and two petrol stations, thirteen and fifteen places to eat); Calders, Monistrol de Calders and Avinyó have one petrol station at most.
Ranked by kilometres of hilly dirt track (sustained climb or descent of 6 % or more) within about 8 km. Fuel stations within 5 km and bars or restaurants within 3 km, according to OpenStreetMap. The region has 821 fuel stations and 14,540 places to eat mapped.
| Town | Hilly track (8 km) | Fuel (5 km) | Food (3 km) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Súria | 1,004 km | 2 | 4 |
| Monistrol de Calders | 852 km | 0 | 4 |
| Navàs | 845 km | 3 | 13 |
| Calders | 840 km | 1 | 4 |
| Balsareny | 826 km | 2 | 15 |
| Avinyó | 796 km | 1 | 5 |
Plan your own
Set a start and an end (or a loop by time) in Barcelona, pick your level and Corally gives you the route over dirt tracks with the difficulty of every section, the fords, the road exits for the group and the roadbook. You can try it without an account.
Page written by Corally with the figures from its database (OpenStreetMap and public terrain models) and routes calculated with its planner. It is public, crowd-sourced data: difficulty, fords and tracks may not match the ground. What you find on arrival, the signs, the closures and each region's rules always win.