Gritline
The honest gravel cycling guide from Catalonia
Catalan gravel deserves a proper guide.
So we're writing one — slowly, route by route, event by event. Other sites aggregate. We ride first, write up second, verify with the organiser.
10
Routes
Ridden first. Recorded. Written up with the safety detail you actually need.
25
Events
Verified, not aggregated. Honest listings, partnered where the organisers let us.
Grit on the ground. Line on the map.
Routes
All routes
Local RiderThe Montserrat Loop
Parc Natural de la Muntanya de Montserrat
69 km1800 m
Gritline OriginalThe Guilleries Loop
Espai Natural de les Guilleries-Savassona
74 km1785 m
Local RiderThe Empordanet Loop
Baix Empordà
51 km368 m
Local RiderThe Baix Empordà Loop
Baix Empordà
47 km580 m
Gritline OriginalThe Pedraforca Loop
Parc Natural del Cadí-Moixeró
68 km1780 m
Gritline OriginalThe Sakya Tashi Ling Loop
Parc del Garraf
91 km1610 m
Gritline OriginalThe Serralada Loop
Maresme
65 km1015 m
Gritline OriginalBarcelona's Backyard
Parc del Collserola
57 km1662 m
Gritline OriginalThe Maresme Crest
Maresme
94 km1368 m
Gritline OriginalGarraf to Foix
Parc del Garraf, Parc del Foix
153 km2823 m
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Palafrugell · Girona
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Spotlight
Gritliner Spotlight Series Issue 04 - Coen Hagens
Coen Hagens splits his year between Barcelona and Amsterdam, builds his own wheels, runs 55mm tires, and finished the Traka 360 on the day the plan held.
Guide
Two things are closing Catalan forest right now. They work differently.
Fire risk and swine fever shut different places, on different timelines, under different rules. What each one means before you ride.
Story
The Tour started in Barcelona. Here's the other side of Catalan cycling.
The 2026 Tour de France started in Barcelona but Catalonia's other cycling scene runs on gravel. The routes, the calendar, and where to ride it.
Spotlight
Gritliner Spotlight Series Issue 03 - Judit Muñoz
A primary school teacher, a cycling editor, and the night through Brunyola that taught her to ride long days as experiences, not challenges.
Story
First on the line: Guava is Gritline's founding bike partner
Seven weeks after Gritline launched, we have a first bike-brand partner. Guava is Barcelona-built, gravel-only, and sits closest to how Gritline reads in writing: bold, honest, made for the rider who chooses and commits.
Spotlight
Gritliner Spotlight Series Issue 02 - Théo Tommasini
A road cyclist of ten years sells his new mountain bike, buys a gravel bike instead, and discovers that a weekday loop on dirt can feel like an expedition.
Guide
Where to wash your bike in Barcelona
A short field guide to bike-wash spots in Barcelona
Spotlight
Gritliner Spotlight Series Issue 01 - Robin Spano
The first Gritliner Spotlight features Gritline’s founder - a road cyclist who fell for Catalan gravel, now building the guide he wished existed.