Red Rocks – Old Slag Wagon loop from Bascharage-Sanem

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Red Rocks – Old Slag Wagon loop from Bascharage-Sanem

Hard

4.8

(11)

290

riders

Red Rocks – Old Slag Wagon loop from Bascharage-Sanem

06:54

87.2km

1,310m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 26, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 80.1 km for 72 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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28.5 km

Red Rocks

Highlight • Natural Monument

Red Rocks Trail

Wonderful trails between these stone giants

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31.1 km

Red Cliff of the Former Iron Mine

Highlight • Natural Monument

Demolition edge from the former ore mining area.

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36.5 km

Rock Garden Trail at Haard Nature Reserve

Highlight • Trail

Super blocked trail 🤩😍

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37.0 km

Old Slag Wagon

Highlight • Monument

You'll be amazed, huge wagon 🌲🌳🌄

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38.4 km

Wooden Bridge on the Forest Trail

Highlight • Bridge

Here you have an "enduro" feeling 🤩🤩

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43.5 km

Réserve Naturelle Leiffrächen

Nature Reserve

45.4 km

Viewpoint

47.9 km

Technical Descent Through Forest Ridge

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

An absolute must with lots of tree roots and stones.

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51.0 km

View of Lallengerbierg and the Land of the Red Rocks

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A high plateau with few meters of altitude but with technical passages and a Mtb playground ;-)

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53.1 km

View of Schifflange and Lallange from Plaakesch Kopp

Highlight • Viewpoint

Sensational view over Esch-Alzette. Visited the RedRockChallenge.

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57.5 km

Réserve naturelle Lalléngerbierg - Brucherbierg

Nature Reserve

87.2 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

40.0 km

19.1 km

13.7 km

7.04 km

7.02 km

415 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

31.8 km

23.4 km

15.8 km

7.87 km

7.41 km

679 m

314 m

Elevation

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Highest point (430 m)

Lowest point (280 m)

Weather

Thursday 8 October

11°C

6°C

90 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 24.0 km/h

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Comments

October 10, 2021,Red Rock Challenge 🇱🇺☀️🚴

MTB event without timekeeping, but with all the more single trails in beautiful nature, which have put my technical skills to a hard test 🙈😝
The event also features a trail run and cross duathlon. Highly recommended event! 👌😊

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October 12, 2025,Red Rock Challenge 2025

The Red Rock Challenge was fantastic again. The autumnal atmosphere and the red earth from the former open-pit mines were simply fantastic. The red rocks make you think you're in Utah or on Mars.
This year, we did the long version for the first time. 76 km on the bio bike was quite a ride.

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October 13, 2024,Red Rock Challenge🇱🇺2024

Unfortunately a few kilometers are missing from the recording, but no matter, it was just beautiful. In some parts it could have been called the Red Mud Challenge 😂🙈. The trails in the old opencast mines, where iron ore used to be mined, were mostly dry. In the opencast mine, one trail follows the other. Mostly flowing but sometimes with …

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