Douaumont Ossuary – Verdun Memorial loop from Dieue-sur-Meuse
Douaumont Ossuary – Verdun Memorial loop from Dieue-sur-Meuse
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Douaumont Ossuary – Verdun Memorial loop from Dieue-sur-Meuse
06:09
71.3km
1,000m
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 right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: August 24, 2026
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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted
After 45.9 km for 51 m
Waypoints
Start point
Parking
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20.3 km
MTB Trail - Start Laison Fond de Tavane
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28.8 km
Caserne Marceau
Ruins
37.2 km
Ouvrage de Lorient
Ruins
39.0 km
Flowing trail between garnet funnels
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45.4 km
Verdun Technical MTB Trail
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45.9 km
Douaumont Ossuary
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Let us never forget this horror!
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47.8 km
Verdun Memorial
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49.2 km
Battery on the Souville Ridge
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49.9 km
MTB Trail - Start Bois des malades
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52.4 km
Tavannes Tunnels
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Dug shortly after the Franco-Prussian War and 1,400 meters long, this single-track railway tunnel connected Verdun to Metz. Following the annexation of the latter city, the fate of the tunnel worried the military authorities. The report of the April 22, 1881, meeting of the Fortifications Committee states: "The Tavannes Tunnel, whose western end is behind the external works of Verdun, opens onto the Woêvre plain, beyond the Tavannes Fort. It is equipped with three groups of mine furnaces, and it is important that it remain in the hands of the defense until such time as it is deemed appropriate to destroy it. It is for this purpose that it is proposed to organize its eastern head defensively." The project supports two crenellated guardhouses, measuring less than 5.5 × 3.5 m, on either side of the track, against the tunnel. These guardhouses are connected by a short gallery inside the tunnel behind an armored door pierced with four firing loopholes. Between the guardhouses, the track crosses a 5.3 m long and approximately four meter deep jump, covered by "a light bridge that will be removed in time of war." Furthermore, the presence of eight mine furnaces in the center of the tunnel is also mentioned, six on the flank and two in the sky.
The advisability of building upper floors of the guardhouses was discussed, and, as usual, money was discussed at length. A letter from Battalion Commander Lerosey of the Verdun Engineers was found in the archives, writing on February 13, 1895, to the general, president of the Technical Engineering Committee: "I have the honor to inform you that the construction of the defensive guardhouses at the eastern head of the Tavannes tunnel, including the gate and the ha-ha bridge (...) was completed (...) in 1883."
The Technical Engineering Committee, in its meeting of March 5, 1895, recommended connecting the Tavannes fort to the tunnel by a gallery 160 cm wide by 230 cm high, with a length of 375 m, descending at a gradient of 14 centimeters per meter. The discussions seem to be very close to being concluded, but the information stops there, due to a lack of knowledge of the realization of these intentions. Within the proposals, the parallel with the Montmédy gallery is often mentioned[1].
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53.7 km
Fort de Tavannes
Fort
71.3 km
End point
Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
37.4 km
23.7 km
4.05 km
3.70 km
2.37 km
158 m
Surfaces
39.2 km
13.4 km
8.46 km
5.23 km
3.20 km
1.82 km
< 100 m
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Elevation
Highest point (380 m)
Lowest point (200 m)
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Thursday 27 August
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16°C
80 %
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