Adventure bike routes in Huesca

Text reviewed on October 16, 2026 · OpenStreetMap data from October 8, 2026

The province of Huesca has 21,447 km of mapped dirt track and 32,826 km of unpaved ways: 82 % of its network is dirt, but nearly three in ten of those kilometres are singletrack (9,530 km) that doesn't count on a motorcycle. The riding is in the Pre-Pyrenees and the lower Pyrenean valleys (Sobrarbe, Alto Gállego, Jacetania, Ribagorza), with elevations above 3,300 m. OpenStreetMap figures from October 2026.

Whole region:Aragon

What the terrain is like

Huesca has the most relief in Aragon: from about 70 m in the south to over 3,300 m in the Maladeta. The valleys of Sobrarbe (Aínsa, Boltaña, Broto), Alto Gállego (Sabiñánigo, Biescas), Jacetania (Jaca, Hecho) and Ribagorza (Graus, Campo, Benasque) are mountain track and road with plenty of streams and plenty of singletrack, and inside the parks (Ordesa y Monte Perdido, Posets-Maladeta, Sierra y Cañones de Guara) their own rules apply.

Several routes we tried in the Pyrenees didn't make it: Aínsa → Graus, Jaca → Ansó and Castejón de Sos → Aínsa came out with less than half dirt track, and Aínsa → Broto, Hecho → Ansó and Agüero → Nocito found no way without singletrack. That's why the examples sit in the Pre-Pyrenees and the lower valleys.

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): 32,826 km
Paved roads and streets: 7,006 km
Share of the network that is dirt: 82 %
Of which, dirt tracks: 21,447 km
Other dirt lanes (rural, service): 1,849 km
Singletrack and footpaths (almost always off-limits to motorbikes): 9,530 km
Mapped fords: 3,748 (3,645 points and 103 sections)
Elevation (terrain model, approximate): from 70 to 3,360 m
Fuel stations: 126
Bars and restaurants: 1,073

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 between the Pre-Pyrenees and the Pyrenean valleys: Sabiñánigo → Aínsa (103 km, the long day), Ayerbe → Jaca, Graus → Campo through the Ribagorza, Hecho → Jaca and the short Biescas → Sabiñánigo.

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.

Maxitrail level · take it easy
Biescas → Sabiñánigo
The short, flat one: 16 km between Biescas and Sabiñánigo, 51 % on easy dirt track and five fords. A good first one.
Distance
16 km
Time
24 min
Dirt
51 %
Max. difficulty
21/100 · Easy
Climb
+90 m
Warnings
5 warnings · 5 fords
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Maxitrail level · take it easy
Hecho → Jaca
From the Hecho valley to Jaca: 40 km, 42 % on dirt track (max 37/100) and 13 fords.
Distance
40 km
Time
1 h 0 min
Dirt
42 %
Max. difficulty
37/100 · Medium
Climb
+474 m
Warnings
13 warnings · 13 fords
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Trail level · a bit of spice
Graus → Campo
Through the Ribagorza: 55 km, 62 % on dirt track, five steep climbs and ruts in four sections. High point around 1,500 m.
Distance
55 km
Time
1 h 31 min
Dirt
62 %
Max. difficulty
57/100 · Hard
Climb
+1,515 m
Warnings
14 warnings · 5 fords
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Trail level · a bit of spice
Ayerbe → Jaca
From the Pre-Pyrenees to Jaca: 67 km, 64 % on dirt track and 34 fords, the one with the most stream crossings among the Huesca routes. Four rough sections.
Distance
67 km
Time
1 h 50 min
Dirt
64 %
Max. difficulty
58/100 · Hard
Climb
+1,179 m
Warnings
39 warnings · 34 fords
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Trail level · a bit of spice
Sabiñánigo → Aínsa
The long day in the Pyrenees of Huesca: 103 km from the Alto Gállego to the Sobrarbe, 59 % on dirt track, 13 fords, four steep climbs and nearly 2,000 m of accumulated climbing.
Distance
103 km
Time
2 h 50 min
Dirt
59 %
Max. difficulty
59/100 · Hard
Climb
+1,960 m
Warnings
18 warnings · 13 fords
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Fords and crossings to watch

This region has 3,748 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).

Huesca has 3,748 mapped fords: mountain streams and torrents. Ayerbe → Jaca flags 34 in 67 km.

Those in the Pyrenees rise with snowmelt and summer storms: what you see at ten may not be what you find at four. The planner tells the fords that carry water from the ones that may; if in doubt, don't cross.

What the rules say in Aragon

In Aragon, the consolidated Forest Act (Legislative Decree 1/2017, art. 90) allows riding without a permit on tracks open to general traffic in public forests, in groups of up to 5 vehicles and at no more than 30 km/h; the rider takes on civil liability (art. 90.2).
Tracks that are not open require a permit (art. 90.3) and tourist routes or events need a special-use permit (art. 90.5). Corally does not know whether a given track is open to general traffic or who owns the forest: signs, chains and closures rule.

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

Jaca is the best base in the province: four petrol stations and 104 places to eat. Biescas has one petrol station and 37 places to eat; Ayerbe, Graus, Benabarre and Fonz have one or two petrol stations and few places to eat (Fonz, none).

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 126 fuel stations and 1,073 places to eat mapped.

Town	Hilly track (8 km)	Fuel (5 km)	Food (3 km)
Ayerbe	356 km	1	5
Jaca	303 km	4	104
Graus	288 km	2	8
Biescas	284 km	1	37
Benabarre / Benavarri	282 km	2	7
Fonz	278 km	2	0

Plan your own

Set a start and an end (or a loop by time) in Huesca, 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.

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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.