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1 | SR DE HAUTE PROVENCE | ||||||
2 | Organizer : Provence Randonneurs | ||||||
3 | Contact Person : Sophie MATTER | mattersophie@gmail.com | |||||
4 | Address : 3960 ancien chemin de Salernes - 83570 Cotignac - France | Climb | 11953 m | ||||
5 | Website | ||||||
6 | Start Place : Manosque (04) | organized since 2009, modified in 2018 | Time limit (rando): 60 h | ||||
7 | R. = right L. = left rbt = roundabout | ||||||
8 | in France: D = departmental road, N = national road, CV = local road (...) -> (...) = territorial division | ||||||
9 | violet = controls | orange = attention ! | |||||
10 | LOCATION AND INSTRUCTION | Next Road | Leg (km) | Total (km) | Altitude IGN | ||
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12 | Manosque (town exit) - take the bike path | D907 | 0 | 0 | 315 | ||
13 | 1. Bridge of Manosque over river Durance | D907 | 2 | 2 | 294 | ||
14 | D907 / D4 / D6 (rbt) - end of bike path - R. to Gréoux | D4 | 1 | 3 | 294 | ||
15 | D4 / D82 - L. to Gréoux | D82 | 1 | 4 | 291 | ||
16 | Hill summit | D82 | 5 | 9 | 499 | ||
17 | Gréoux-les-Bains (town centre, rbt) - 3rd exit to Esparron de V. | D952 | 3 | 12 | 336 | ||
18 | D952 / D315 - R. to Esparron | D315 | 2.5 | 14.5 | 320 | ||
19 | Dam of Gréoux over river Verdon (view point) | D315 | 2.5 | 17 | 439 | ||
20 | D315 / D82 - R. to Esparron | D82 | 3.5 | 20.5 | 444 | ||
21 | D82 / local road - R. to Esparron | D82 | 3.5 | 24 | 437 | ||
22 | 2. Esparron-de-Verdon - cross village | D82 | 0.5 | 24.5 | 380 | ||
23 | D82 / local road (C1, exit of Esparron) - R. to Quinson | local road | 1.5 | 26 | 400 | ||
24 | local road / D15 - straight (follow Quinson via truck route) | local road | 6 | 32 | 547 | ||
25 | local road ends on D11 - L. | D11 | 2 | 34 | 557 | ||
26 | D11 / D311 - R. to St-Laurent-de-Verdon | D311 | 1 | 35 | 566 | ||
27 | St-Laurent-de-Verdon - after downhill R. - in village centre L. to Artignosc (sign is visible at the last moment, on your right) | D411 | 2 | 37 | 470 | ||
28 | Bridge over river Verdon (Alpes de Haute-Provence -> Var) | D471 | 2 | 39 | 420 | ||
29 | Artignosc - cross village | D471 | 2.5 | 41.5 | 502 | ||
30 | D471 / D71 - L. to Baudinard | D71 | 3 | 44.5 | 518 | ||
31 | D71 / D9 - L. to Baudinard | D9 | 3.5 | 48 | 646 | ||
32 | 3. Baudinard-sur-Verdon - cross village | D9 | 1 | 49 | 613 | ||
33 | D9 / D71 - straight to Bauduen | D71 | 2 | 51 | 586 | ||
34 | D71 / D111 (lake of Sainte-Croix over river Verdon) - R. to Aups | D71 | 2 | 53 | 504 | ||
35 | D71 / D49 - R. to Aups | D49 | 6 | 59 | 498 | ||
36 | D49 / D957 - L. to Gorges du Verdon | D957 | 6 | 65 | 703 | ||
37 | D957 / D19 - R. to Comps, Gorges du Verdon Rive Gauche (= left riverside of the Verdon Gorges) | D19 | 5 | 70 | 683 | ||
38 | Hill summit | D19 | 6 | 76 | 878 | ||
39 | Aiguines - at town entry R. to Comps | D71 | 2 | 78 | 790 | ||
40 | Col d'Illoire | D71 | 2.5 | 80.5 | 964 | ||
41 | Source ( = spring) de Vaumale | D71 | 3 | 83.5 | 1180 | ||
42 | Col de Vaumale | D71 | 0.5 | 84 | 1201 | ||
43 | Falaises (= cliffs) de Bauchet | D71 | 5.5 | 89.5 | 832 | ||
44 | 4. Tunnels du Fayet | D71 | 6 | 95.5 | 940 | ||
45 | Pont de l'Artuby (Bridge over river Artuby) | D71 | 4.5 | 100 | 735 | ||
46 | Hill summit (Saint-Maimes) | D71 | 5 | 105 | 1005 | ||
47 | D71 / D90 - L. to Trigance | D90 | 3.5 | 108.5 | 976 | ||
48 | Trigance - stay on D90 | D90 | 3.5 | 112 | 727 | ||
49 | D90 / D955 - L. to Castellane | D955 | 2 | 114 | 716 | ||
50 | Soleils | D955 | 3 | 117 | 723 | ||
51 | Bridge of Soleils over river Verdon - L. to La Palud (Var -> Alpes de Haute-Provence) | D952 | 3 | 120 | 652 | ||
52 | D952 / D23 (dead end of view point Samson) - stay on D952 | D952 | 5 | 125 | 730 | ||
53 | D952 / D23 - L. to Route des Crêtes | D23 | 7 | 132 | 883 | ||
54 | 5. Big sign Route des Crêtes - on your right, 1 km before summit: "Vous êtes ici à une altitude de 1285 m ... (long text)" | D23 | 8 | 140 | 1285 | ||
55 | Summit of Route des Crêtes ---- ! ! ! BE CAREFUL IN DOWNHILL (road without parapet, over the canyon) | D23 | 0.5 | 140.5 | 1320 | ||
56 | Chalet de la Maline | D23 | 5.5 | 146 | 900 | ||
57 | La Palud-sur-Verdon - L. to Moustiers | D952 | 7 | 153 | 933 | ||
58 | Col d'Ayen | D952 | 3 | 156 | 1032 | ||
59 | Col de l'Olivier | D952 | 6.5 | 162.5 | 713 | ||
60 | Belvédère (= view point) du Galetas | D952 | 2.5 | 165 | 660 | ||
61 | D952 / D957 (rbt) - R. to Moustiers-Sainte-Marie | D952 | 5.5 | 170.5 | 526 | ||
62 | D952 / local road (rbt at the foot of Moustiers) - straight to Digne (if you turn R., you climb to the town centre of Moustiers, but the road which crosses the town centre will be for you in prohibited direction) | D952 | 2 | 172.5 | 599 | ||
63 | D952 / D56 - R. to Puimoisson | D56 | 8 | 180.5 | 646 | ||
64 | Puimoisson - R. to Digne | D953 | 5 | 185.5 | 698 | ||
65 | D953 / D8 (Poteau de Telle) - R. to La Bégude | D953 | 4 | 189.5 | 735 | ||
66 | La Bégude-Blanche - in town centre L. to Bras d'Asse | D907 | 5 | 194.5 | 485 | ||
67 | Bras-d'Asse - in town centre R. to St-Jeannet | D8 | 1 | 195.5 | 480 | ||
68 | Saint-Jeannet | D8 | 3.5 | 199 | 582 | ||
69 | 6. Col d'Espinouse | D8 | 6 | 205 | 838 | ||
70 | D8 / D12 - R. (after downhill) | D12 | 6 | 211 | 484 | ||
71 | Le Chaffaut - at village entry L. (toutes directions) then L. to Mallemoisson | D17 | 5 | 216 | 519 | ||
72 | D17 / N85 - L. to Mallemoisson - ! ! ! Traffic ! ! ! | N85 | 1.5 | 217.5 | 515 | ||
73 | Les Grillons - at traffic lights R. to Barras | D17 | 1 | 218.5 | 505 | ||
74 | Barras | D17 | 8.5 | 227 | 619 | ||
75 | D17 / D3 - straight to Le Castellard Mélan (if you turn R., you reach the town centre of Thoard, then the D17 leads you back on the route) | D3 | 5 | 232 | 725 | ||
76 | D3 / D117 - L. to Le Castellard Mélan | D3 | 3 | 235 | 799 | ||
77 | D17 / D3 - to Mélan | D3 | 2.5 | 237.5 | 957 | ||
78 | Mélan - hairpin turn, R., to Authon | D3 | 3 | 240.5 | 1180 | ||
79 | Col d'Hysope | D3 | 2 | 242.5 | 1236 | ||
80 | 7. Col de Fontbelle | D3 | 2.5 | 245 | 1304 | ||
81 | Authon | D3 | 3.5 | 248.5 | 1132 | ||
82 | Egg by Andy Goldsworthy | D3 | 1.5 | 250 | 1150 | ||
83 | Le Malpas | D3 | 2.5 | 252.5 | 1233 | ||
84 | Saint-Geniez | D3 | 3 | 255.5 | 1114 | ||
85 | La Pierre-Ecrite (Latin inscription carved in the rock) | D3 | 4.5 | 260 | 1000 | ||
86 | Col de Mézien | D3 | 5 | 265 | 814 | ||
87 | Sisteron (entry, D3 / D951) - L. to town centre, and after 400 m R. to town centre, cross bridge over river Durance | D951 | 5.5 | 270.5 | 460 | ||
88 | Sisteron (rbt D951 / D4085) - L. to town centre - cross tunnel | D4085 | 1 | 271.5 | 481 | ||
89 | Sisteron (town centre, rbt D4085 / D53) - R. to Noyers-sur-Jabron | D53 | 1 | 272.5 | 490 | ||
90 | D53 / D946 - R. to Noyers-sur-Jabron | D946 | 3.5 | 276 | 478 | ||
91 | Bevons | D946 | 2.5 | 278.5 | 500 | ||
92 | D946 / D53 - L. to Valbelle | D53 | 1.5 | 280 | 510 | ||
93 | Valbelle (Les Richaud) | D53 | 2.5 | 282.5 | 541 | ||
94 | Col de Saint-Robert | D53 | 8 | 290.5 | 908 | ||
95 | Pas de la Graille | D53 | 13 | 303.5 | 1597 | ||
96 | 8. Sommet de Lure | D53 | 3 | 306.5 | 1748 | ||
97 | Pas de Saint-Barthélémy | D53 | 1 | 307.5 | 1704 | ||
98 | Lure ski resort (small) | D113 | 3 | 310.5 | 1590 | ||
99 | Saint-Etienne-les-Orgues - D113 becomes D413 and ends on D951 - R. to Banon (if you turn L., you reach the town centre of Saint-Etienne- les-O.) | D951 | 14 | 324.5 | 725 | ||
100 | D951 / D112 (2 consecutive crossings) - stay on D951 to Banon | D951 | 5 | 329.5 | 574 | ||