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Vendome, the nearest town, 18 km away. Photo: Calips - Patrick GIRAUD, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

La Touchette au Minerai

Mountain bike area · France

Is it worth the trip?

70Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Thu 5: Rain before today is not known, Air 11 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 68 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
0 mm
Rain
0.2 mm
Air
11°C

Tue 3 · 67 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
0.2 mm
Rain
0.1 mm
Air
10°C

Wed 4 · 67 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
0.3 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
9°C

Thu 5 · 78 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
0.1 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
11°C

Fri 6 · 69 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
0.9 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
12°C

Sat 7 · 68 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
1.5 mm
Rain
0.9 mm
Air
10°C

Sun 8 · 68 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
1.8 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
10°C

Tap a day for the trail, the rain and the air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 169, good
  2. Mon 268, good
  3. Tue 367, good
  4. Wed 467, good
  5. Thu 578, good
  6. Fri 669, good
  7. Sat 768, good
  8. Sun 868, good
  9. Mon 967, good
  10. Tue 1061, good

The spot in two facts

  • Up to S1Singletrail scale
  • Best Jul–Aug6 good days in 7

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know trail closures, fallen trees or your skill.

Weather forecast and score for each day at La Touchette au Minerai
DayScoreTrailRain 2 daysRainAir
Sun 1Nov*69, goodUnknown0 mm0 mm12°C
Mon 2Nov*68, goodUnknown0 mm0.2 mm11°C
Tue 3Nov*67, goodUnknown0.2 mm0.1 mm10°C
Wed 4Nov*67, goodUnknown0.3 mm0 mm9°C
Thu 5Nov*78, goodUnknown0.1 mm0 mm11°C
Fri 6Nov*69, goodUnknown0.9 mm0 mm12°C
Sat 7Nov*68, goodUnknown1.5 mm0.9 mm10°C
Sun 8Nov*68, goodUnknown1.8 mm0 mm10°C
Mon 9Nov*67, goodUnknown1.2 mm3 mm8°C
Tue 10Nov61, goodSlick9.6 mm1.5 mm14°C

* Rain before today is not known: the forecast starts today, so these days are scored from a dry start and a wet one.

Trail is the soil that morning, from the rain before; rain in mm, air in °C. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the area and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

Town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About La Touchette au Minerai

Hardest trail: S1 on the Singletrail scale. Best from Mar to Sep. The nearest town to stay in is Vendome.

  • Routes No mountain bike route is mapped here as a route.
  • Hardest Hardest trail: S1 on the Singletrail scale.

From OpenStreetMap: the mountain bike routes mapped within 10 km.

Bike routes and parks: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,480–US$2,760 each

about US$1,480–US$2,760 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food, bike hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to CDG, estimated from distance and season, 3 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$462–US$965
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$141–US$234
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$328–US$543
Food7 days eating outabout US$315–US$583
Bike hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$234–US$435
Totalabout US$1,480–US$2,760

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Vendome

Closest

Vendome

32 min by car · 12 places to stay

about US$121/nightcountry average

See 12 places to stay in Vendome · Booking.com

About Vendome its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$121 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 16h 10m

About 16h 10m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → CDG, direct, then 3h 20m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.