THE CYCLING ELDORADO Galibier, Izoard, Lautaret, Granon, Vars, Agnel, Noyer… The Hautes-Alpes Department is proud of its legendary mountain passes. The department has around 30, some of which are among the most prestigious along the Great Alpine Route. Places that are conducive to cycling, sometimes set in history thanks to the Tour de France. 11 circuits and 22 climbs have been specially designed for cyclists; these are the Shared Itineraries. In June, July and August, some of these mountain passes are dedicated to cyclists during the Reserved Passes operation. Mountain biking enthusiasts are spoilt for choice with mountain biking sites bearing the seal of the Fédération Française de Cyclisme (French Cycling Federation), the Grande Traversée des Hautes- Alpes (350 kilometres of trails between La Grave and Laragne), many Bike Parks that can be accessed using the lifts in summer and a multitude of major events. For a long time, mountain cycling was considered arduous, but it has recently undergone something of a revolution thanks to electrically assisted bikes, which have made the sport more accessible. THE IZOARD as seen by the Tour’s creator In 1923, Henri Desgrange who invented the Tour exclaimed, ‘The Izoard is unsettling like a long-winded, never-ending fairytale. Because it seems to go on forever, l’Izoard is endless. It is dreamlike and makes you feel like you’re in charge and then, not at all, around a bend, at that precise moment when you’re about to heave a sigh of relief, it hits you with a climb that would bring a mule to its knees.’ THE GALIBIER the warriors’ summit Also known as the symbolic peak, the warriors’ summit, the cathedral of rocks, the climb of Calvary. There is no lack of superlatives to describe one of the most famous passes in the world. At an altitude of 2,645 m, this liaison between Savoie and the Hautes-Alpes stands as an insurmountable wall. THE LAUTARET a natural border A true climatic barrier between the northern and southern Alps, the Lautaret was crossed for the first time in 1911 by Emile Georget and another 31 times up until 2019. MAJOR MOUNTAIN PASSES THE THREE BEASTS Izoard, Galibier, Vars, Lautaret… all names that have pride of place in cycling history. The Galibier that was crossed 60 times between 1911 and 2019 is still the highest finish of the Tour at an altitude of 2,645 m and is the event’s most frequently climbed pass in the Alpine massif. As for the Izoard, the cyclists faced it 36 times from 1922 to 2017. Thys, Coppi, Bobet, Bartali, Robic, Bahamontès, Merckx, Thévenet and Barguil have shaped their legend around the hairpin bends that lead to the crater and the moonlike landscape of the Casse Déserte. Then there is Vars, a famous stage on the Great Alpine Route, the Lautaret, the Granon with its endless hairpins and setting for one of the Tour’s finishes in 1986, the Agnel pass, a symbolic passage between France and Italy (crossed for the first time in 2008). Not forgetting Bayard, the Montgenèvre, Manse, the Sentinelle, the Lebrault, Cabre, the Noyer… All sparkling gems at the summits of the Hautes-Alpes. MOUNTAIN BIKING ON THE GRANDE TRAVERSÉE DES HAUTES-ALPES 350 km - 7 to 10 days • 17, 000 D+ Max altitude: 2,500 m • Min altitude: 570 m France’s highest Grande Traversée From La Grave- Villar d’Arène to Laragne-Montéglin, the GTHA is an experience for real mountain biking with contrasting landscapes, from glaciers to lavender. With an incomparable variety of views and thrills, you start in the high mountains at the foot of the glaciers, to arrive in a Provençale atmosphere among orchards and lavender in the Buëch Valley having ridden along the trails that overlook the Serre-Ponçon lake. Nine FFC MTB sites in one! ESSENTIAL AND REMARKABLE SITES La Meije with its eternal glaciers at the entrance to the Écrins massif. Briançon and Montdauphin, Vauban sites listed as UNESCO World Heritage. The Durance and Guil rivers with their white-water activities. Serre-Ponçon, the Hautes-Alpes great lake. The character-filled villages and the lavender of the Buëch and the Baronnies Provençales Regional Natural Park. The limestone rocks of the Dévoluy. Major mountain passes (Izoard, Noyer). Gap, the gentle capital. THE GREAT ALPINE TOUR A unique, engaging experience in the French Alps. From vast lavender fields to Mont Blanc, the Alps provide a terrain for unforgettable adventures, a true odyssey across wild spaces with contrasting landforms. Follow in the tracks of great travellers, cross the legendary passes of cycling champions, come close to the dizzying summits of the glaciers, adventure along the secret trails of Hautes-Alpes and discover the inhabitants and skills of a multifaceted destination. On foot, by bike, by motorbike, by car… On horseback. Welcome to the French Alps! MOUNTAIN BIKING IN THE HAUTES-ALPES 5,000 KM OF MARKED MTB TRAILS 9 MTB sites with the FFC seal: Serre-Ponçon, Vallées du Gapençais, Champsaur-Valgaudemar, Pays des Écrins, Guillestrois-Queyras, Dévoluy, Grand Briançonnais, La Grave-La Meije - Villar d’Arène, Sisteronais Buëch. 15 bike parks and recreational areas in the resorts with lifts open to MTB during the summer: Dévoluy (SuperDévoluy - La Joue du Loup), Les Orres, Montgenèvre, Orcières-Merlette 1850, Serre Chevalier, Ancelle, Vars, Réallon, Risoul, Abriès, Puy Saint-Vincent, La Grave-La Meije, Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes, Ceillac, Molines-en-Queyras. 2 GRANDES TRAVERSÉES • Les Chemins du Soleil • La Grande Traversée des Hautes-Alpes LEGENDARY DESCENTS AND ESSENTIAL TOURS • Tour du Queyras • Tour du Guillestrois • Tour du Champsaur • Tour de la Valgaude • Tour de Serre-Ponçon • Galibier descent • Vars-Embrun descent • Les Orres-Embrun descent MTB PROFESSIONALS AT YOUR SERVICE • 6 MTB schools with the MCF seal • 95 French Cycling Instructors and MTB mountain guides • 10 incoming agencies specialising in MTB holidays MAJOR MTB EVENTS • Alps Epic • Raid VTT Chemins du Soleil • Orcières MTB Games • Raid Vauban • Gravity Gates • Ultra Raid de La Meije, etc. GAP ........................... Marseille > 180 km Lyon > 205 km BRIANÇON .......... Turin > 111 km Paris > 727 km cycling map Crédits photos : Rémi Fabrègue, Patrick Domeyne, Jean-Luc Armand, GALLICA, Rogier Van Rijn, Fabien Thibault, Bertrand Bodin. Graphisme : lenaturographe.fr www.hautes-alpes.net A CENTURY OF (GREAT) TALES For more than a century, the Tour has repeatedly returned to the Hautes-Alpes, writing some of its greatest tales. For Christian Prudhomme (Tour Director), due to the beauty of its landscapes and passes, the Hautes-Alpes Department is forever linked to the history and magnificence of the Tour de France. Between 1922 and 2019, the Tour visited the Hautes-Alpes Department 82 times making it ‘one of the Tour’s most visited’ areas. Its legendary passes have such famous names as Izoard, Vars and Galbier. In 2011, the Galibier, at an altitude of 2,645 m was the stage for the highest finish in the history of the Tour. A centenary to celebrate the first crossing of the pass in 1911. An anniversary marked by the solitary victory of Andy Schleck and French cyclist Thomas Voeckler just managing to hold on to the yellow jersey. An episode that is captured for posterity in the Tour’s hall of fame. And how could we forget Louison Bobet’s solitary ride in 1954, Gino Bartali’s in 1948, that of Fausto Coppi in 1949 or Warren Barguil in 2017 at the Col de l’Izoard, Louis Ocana getting ahead in the climb to Orcières-Merlette 1850 in 1971 or the revolt of Chris Froome, master in the Chorges-Embrun time trial in 2013? Let’s not forget the towns, such as Briançon, Gap and Embrun that have become mainstays of cycling, and the famous resort finishes: Serre Chevalier, Montgenèvre, Les Orres, Risoul, etc. Amid sweat and tears, these mountains have illustrated some of the most beautiful pages in the great history of the Tour de France. With the Col Bayard as a preface in 1905, the story continues to gain altitude in 2020 by returning to the resort of Orcières-Merlette 1850 for the fifth time coupled with a 26 th visit to Gap. Exceptionally, due to the pandemic, the 107th Tour de France is to take place in September. ‘By coming here more than a century ago, the Tour de France changed dimension,’ said Christian Prudhomme with his eye on the photo of the Serre-Ponçon lake in 2013, before returning to the summit of the Izoard in 2017, then to Gap and Embrun in 2019. The story continues… A FEW KEY DATES 1905 First time the Tour de France came to the Hautes-Alpes (via the Bayard Pass) 1922 First stage finish in the Hautes-Alpes (Briançon) and first crossing of the Izoard 1947 A monument was built in honour of Henri Desgrange at the Col du Galibier 1983 Inauguration of a plaque in honour of Louison Bobet in the Izoard’s Casse Déserte (next to Coppi’s from 1960) 2011 Galibier centenary and victory at the top for Andy Schleck 2017 Victory at the top of the Izoard for Warren Barguil THE ‘ACCUEIL VÉLO’ (Cyclists Welcome) SEAL As cycle tourism continues to flourish, the Hautes-Alpes remains an area conducive to all types of cycling. The department now has a good number of establishments with the ‘Accueil Vélo’ seal: a guarantee of quality, a national brand aimed at providing cycle tourists with a wide range of tourist cycle routes and a selection of establishments and places suitable for cycle tourism (accommodation, cycle hire and repair shops, tourist offices, tourist sites, etc.). This ensures cyclists feel welcome on the roads of the Hautes-Alpes. ITALY
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THE CYCLING ELDORADO
Galibier, Izoard, Lautaret, Granon, Vars, Agnel, Noyer…The Hautes-Alpes Department is proud of its legendary mountain passes. The department has around 30, some of which are among the most prestigious along the Great Alpine Route. Places that are conducive to cycling, sometimes set in history thanks to the Tour de France. 11 circuits and 22 climbs have been specially designed for cyclists; these are the Shared Itineraries. In June, July and August, some of these mountain passes are dedicated to cyclists during the Reserved Passes operation. Mountain biking enthusiasts are spoilt for choice with mountain biking sites bearing the seal of the Fédération Française de Cyclisme (French Cycling Federation), the Grande Traversée des Hautes-Alpes (350 kilometres of trails between La Grave and Laragne), many Bike Parks that can be accessed using the lifts in summer and a multitude of major events.For a long time, mountain cycling was considered arduous, but it has recently undergone something of a revolution thanks to electrically assisted bikes, which have made the sport more accessible.
THE IZOARD as seen by the Tour’s creatorIn 1923, Henri Desgrange who invented the Tour exclaimed, ‘The Izoard is unsettling like a long-winded, never-ending fairytale. Because it seems to go on forever, l’Izoard is endless. It is dreamlike and makes you feel like you’re in charge and then, not at all, around a bend, at that precise moment when you’re about to heave a sigh of relief, it hits you with a climb that would bring a mule to its knees.’ THE GALIBIER the warriors’ summit
Also known as the symbolic peak, the warriors’ summit, the cathedral of rocks, the climb of Calvary. There is no lack of superlatives to describe one of the most famous passes in the world. At an altitude of 2,645 m, this liaison between Savoie and the Hautes-Alpes stands as an insurmountable wall.THE LAUTARET a natural border
A true climatic barrier between the northern and southern Alps, the Lautaret was crossed for the fi rst time in 1911 by Emile Georget and another 31 times up until 2019.
MAJOR MOUNTAIN PASSES
THE THREE BEASTS
Izoard, Galibier, Vars, Lautaret… all names that have pride of place in cycling history.
The Galibier that was crossed 60 times between 1911 and 2019 is still the highest fi nish of the Tour at an altitude of 2,645 m and is the event’s most frequently climbed pass in the Alpine massif.
As for the Izoard, the cyclists faced it 36 times from 1922 to 2017. Thys, Coppi, Bobet, Bartali, Robic, Bahamontès, Merckx, Thévenet and Barguil have shaped their legend around the hairpin bends that lead to the crater and the moonlike landscape of the Casse Déserte.
Then there is Vars, a famous stage on the Great Alpine Route, the Lautaret, the Granon with its endless hairpins and setting for one of the Tour’s fi nishes in 1986, the Agnel pass, a symbolic passage between France and Italy (crossed for the fi rst time in 2008). Not forgetting Bayard, the Montgenèvre, Manse, the Sentinelle, the Lebrault, Cabre, the Noyer… All sparkling gems at the summits of the Hautes-Alpes.
MOUNTAIN BIKING ON THE GRANDE TRAVERSÉE DES HAUTES-ALPES
350 km - 7 to 10 days • 17, 000 D+Max altitude: 2,500 m • Min altitude: 570 mFrance’s highest Grande Traversée From La Grave-Villar d’Arène to Laragne-Montéglin, the GTHA is an experience for real mountain biking with contrasting landscapes, from glaciers to lavender. With an incomparable variety of views and thrills, you start in the high mountains at the foot of the glaciers, to arrive in a Provençale atmosphere among orchards and lavender in the Buëch Valley having ridden along the trails that overlook the Serre-Ponçon lake. Nine FFC MTB sites in one!ESSENTIAL AND REMARKABLE SITESLa Meije with its eternal glaciers at the entrance to the Écrins massif. Briançon and Montdauphin, Vauban sites listed as UNESCO World Heritage. The Durance and Guil rivers with their white-water activities. Serre-Ponçon, the Hautes-Alpes great lake. The character-fi lled villages and the lavender of the Buëch and the Baronnies Provençales Regional Natural Park. The limestone rocks of the Dévoluy. Major mountain passes (Izoard, Noyer). Gap, the gentle capital.
THE GREATALPINE TOUR
A unique, engaging experience in the French Alps.From vast lavender fi elds to Mont Blanc, the Alps provide a terrain for unforgettable adventures, a true odyssey across wild spaces with contrasting landforms. Follow in the tracks of great travellers, cross the legendary passes of cycling champions, come close to the dizzying summits of the glaciers, adventure along the secret trails of Hautes-Alpes and discover the inhabitants and skills of a multifaceted destination.On foot, by bike, by motorbike, by car… On horseback. Welcome to the French Alps!
MOUNTAIN BIKING IN THE HAUTES-ALPES
5,000 KM OF MARKED MTB TRAILS 9 MTB sites with the FFC seal: Serre-Ponçon, Vallées du Gapençais, Champsaur-Valgaudemar, Pays des Écrins, Guillestrois-Queyras, Dévoluy, Grand Briançonnais, La Grave-La Meije - Villar d’Arène, Sisteronais Buëch.15 bike parks and recreational areas in the resorts with lifts open to MTB during the summer: Dévoluy (SuperDévoluy - La Joue du Loup), Les Orres, Montgenèvre, Orcières-Merlette 1850, Serre Chevalier, Ancelle, Vars, Réallon, Risoul, Abriès, Puy Saint-Vincent, La Grave-La Meije, Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes, Ceillac, Molines-en-Queyras.
2 GRANDES TRAVERSÉES• Les Chemins du Soleil• La Grande Traversée des
Hautes-Alpes
LEGENDARY DESCENTS AND ESSENTIAL TOURS• Tour du Queyras• Tour du Guillestrois• Tour du Champsaur• Tour de la Valgaude• Tour de Serre-Ponçon• Galibier descent• Vars-Embrun descent• Les Orres-Embrun descent
MTB PROFESSIONALS AT YOUR SERVICE• 6 MTB schools with the MCF
seal• 95 French Cycling Instructors
and MTB mountain guides• 10 incoming agencies
specialising in MTB holidays
MAJOR MTB EVENTS• Alps Epic• Raid VTT Chemins du Soleil• Orcières MTB Games• Raid Vauban• Gravity Gates• Ultra Raid de La Meije, etc.
GAP ........................... Marseille > 180 km Lyon > 205 kmBRIANÇON .......... Turin > 111 km Paris > 727 km
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A CENTURY OF (GREAT) TALES
For more than a century, the Tour has repeatedly returned to the Hautes-Alpes, writing some of its greatest tales.For Christian Prudhomme (Tour Director), due to the beauty of its landscapes and passes, the Hautes-Alpes Department is forever linked to the history and magnifi cence of the Tour de France.Between 1922 and 2019, the Tour visited the Hautes-Alpes Department 82 times making it ‘one of the Tour’s most visited’ areas. Its legendary passes have such famous names as Izoard, Vars and Galbier.In 2011, the Galibier, at an altitude of 2,645 m was the stage for the highest fi nish in the history of the Tour. A centenary to celebrate the fi rst crossing of the pass in 1911. An anniversary marked by the solitary victory of Andy Schleck and French cyclist Thomas Voeckler just managing to hold on to the yellow jersey. An episode that is captured for posterity in the Tour’s hall of fame.And how could we forget Louison Bobet’s solitary ride in 1954, Gino Bartali’s in 1948, that of Fausto Coppi in 1949 or Warren Barguil in 2017 at the Col de l’Izoard, Louis Ocana getting ahead in the climb to Orcières-Merlette 1850 in 1971 or the revolt of Chris Froome, master in the Chorges-Embrun time trial in 2013? Let’s not forget the towns, such as Briançon, Gap and Embrun that have become mainstays of cycling, and the famous resort fi nishes: Serre Chevalier, Montgenèvre, Les Orres, Risoul, etc.
Amid sweat and tears, these mountains have illustrated some of the most beautiful pages in the great history of the Tour de France. With the Col Bayard as a preface in 1905, the story continues to gain altitude in 2020 by returning to the resort of Orcières-Merlette 1850 for the fi fth time coupled with a 26th visit to Gap. Exceptionally, due to the pandemic, the 107th Tour de France is to take place in September.‘By coming here more than a century ago, the Tour de France changed dimension,’ said Christian Prudhomme with his eye on the photo of the Serre-Ponçon lake in 2013, before returning to the summit of the Izoard in 2017, then to Gap and Embrun in 2019.The story continues…
A FEW KEY DATES1905 First time the Tour de France came to the Hautes-Alpes (via the Bayard Pass)1922 First stage fi nish in the Hautes-Alpes (Briançon) and fi rst crossing of the Izoard1947 A monument was built in honour of Henri Desgrange at the Col du Galibier1983 Inauguration of a plaque in honour of Louison Bobet in the Izoard’s Casse Déserte (next to Coppi’s from 1960) 2011 Galibier centenary and victory at the top for Andy Schleck 2017 Victory at the top of the Izoard for Warren Barguil
THE ‘ACCUEIL VÉLO’ (Cyclists Welcome) SEALAs cycle tourism continues to flourish, the Hautes-Alpes remains an area conducive to all types of cycling. The department now has a good number of establishments with the ‘Accueil Vélo’ seal: a guarantee of quality, a national brand aimed at providing cycle tourists with a wide range of tourist cycle routes and a selection of establishments and places suitable for cycle tourism (accommodation, cycle hire and repair shops, tourist o� ces, tourist sites, etc.). This ensures cyclists feel welcome on the roads of the Hautes-Alpes.
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Le bocage du Champsaur 42 819 mTour de la Montagne de Chabre 65,2 790 mLes balcons du Rousine 46,2 720 mParcours du Gapençais 41,4 976 mLa route des Puys 46,4 1 069 mTour de la Montagne d’Aujour 57,7 1 127 mLa boucle du Haut-Buëch 78 1 093 mAutour du Rosanais 68,5 1 473 mTour du Dévoluy 62,5 1 394 mLa boucle d’Izoard 96,4 2 015 m
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St-Jacques-en-Valgaudemar
St-Maurice-en-Valgaudemar
AubessagneLe Glaizil
Le Noyer
PolignyLe Dévoluy
La Beaume
La Haute-Beaume
Montbrand
St-Julien-en-Beauchêne
La Faurie Montmaur
Aspres-sur-Buëch
St-Pierre-d’Argençon
Villar-St-Pancrace
St-Martin-de-Queyrères
Montgenèvre
Val-des-Prés
Vallée de la Clarée
NévacheOulx
Puy-St-André
Puy-St-Pierre
St-Cha£rey
La Salle-les-Alpes
Le Monétierles-Bains
La Grave
Villar-d’Arène
Les Costes
Chau£ayer
Notre-Damedu Laus
Col de laSentinelle
Golf de Gap-Bayard
18 trous
Domaine deCharance
Forêt des Sauvas
Col de Faye
Abbaye
Col des Guérins
Col du Festre
Mère ÉgliseCol des Rioupes
Défilé dela Souloise
Col de Lus-la-Croix-Haute
Abbaye deBoscodon
Forêt deBoscodon
Barrage du lac
Demoisellescoi�ées
Aérodrome de Gap-Tallard
Falaisesd’escaladede Céüze
climbing
Falaisesd’escaladed’Orpierre
climbing
Gorges dela Méouge
Belvédère du lac
La Cassedéserte
Réserve de biosphère transfrontalière
du Mont-Viso
Stade d’eau viveMines d’argent
du FournelVallée
du Fournel
Vallée étroite
Jardin du Lautaret
Golf international9 trous
Source de la Durance
Vallée des Fonts
Marseille
Orange
Nyons
Nyons
Die
Valence
Grenoble
Grenoble
Grenoble
Vallée dela Maurienne
Chambéry parTunnel du FréjusBardonnechiaModane
Chambéry Turin
Cunéo
Nice
Col du Galibier2 645 m
Col du Lautaret2 058 m
Col d’Izoard2361 m
Col de Vars2111 m
Col Agnel2746 m
Col du Parpaillon2645 m
Col de Foureyssasse
1040 m
Cold’Espréaux
1160 m
Col de Lebraut1110 m
Col de lafromagère1081 m
Col de Cabre1180 m
Col Bayard1248 m
Col de Manse
1268 mCol de Moissière1573 m
Col de Pontis1301 m
Col du Noyer1664 m
Col de l’Échelle1766 m
Col de Dormillouse2448 m
Col de Montgenèvre1850 m
Col du Granon2413 m
Col de la Vallée Étroite2445 m
Col de la Pousterle1825 m
CHAMPSAURVALGAUDEMAR
DÉVOLUY
BUËCH
GAPENÇAIS
SERRE-PONÇON
ÉCRINS
BRIANÇONNAIS
GUILLESTROISQUEYRAS
Barre des Écrins4102 m
Glacier Blanc 2300 m
Glacier Noir 2100 m
Le Goléon3427 m
Le Galibier3229 m
Mont Thabor3181 m
Le Rateau3809 m
La Meije3983 m
Les Agneaux3663 m
L’Ailefroide3952 m
Mont du Gioberney
3351 mL’olan
3564 m
Sirac3440 m
Le Vieux Chaillol3163 m
Le Pic de Bure2709 m
Grand Ferrand2759 m
Le Mourre Froid2994 m
Le Pouzenc2898 m
Mont Guillaume
2552 m
Le Piolit2464 m
Pic de Chabrières2403 m
Céüze2016 m
Montagne de Charance
1903 m
Mont Colombis1733 m
Pic de Morgon2327 m
Les Bans3669 m
Tête de Vautisse3156 m
Mont Pelvoux3946 m
Grand Pic de Rochebrune
3325 m
Mont Viso3841 m
Pic de la Font Sancte 3387 m
Le Pain de sucre3211 m
Petit Buëch
0 10km
N
EO
S
ISÈRE
DRÔME
ALPES DEHAUTE-PROVENCE
SAVOIE
ITALY
PARC NATURELRÉGIONAL DES
BARONNIESPROVENÇALES
PARC NATURELRÉGIONAL
DU QUEYRAS
PARC NATIONALDES ÉCRINS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
G
F
E
D
C
B
A
la Clarée
Guil
Gui
l
Ubaye
Drac
Petit Buëch
Buëc
h
Buëch
Méouge
Dura
nce
PetitB
uëch
Drac Noir
Drac
Drac Blanc
Guisane
laRom
anche
Lac de Serre-Ponçon
D948
D951
D951
D304
D948
D942
D116
D125
D949
D994
D106D106
D949
D994
D900b
D900b
D502
D944
D475
D474
D4
D38
D94
4a
D3
D7
D994
D93
7
D537
D985a
D985a
D457
D316
D480
D17a
D23
D17
D58
D16
D119 D119
D951
D104
D942
D211
D109
D9
D9
D374
D902
D902
D60
D5
D902
D947
D205t
D902
D902
D1
D34
D994g
D39a
D994b
D994e
D1091
D1091
D39
D954
D954
D468
D4
D4
D420
D994
D994
D49
D49
D49
D20
D20
D19
D45
D448
D149
D993
D93
D28
D93
D994a
D994b
D42
2
D942
D330
D942
D24
D25
D26
D61
D94
D21
D21
D48
D24
D324
A 51
Route desGrandes
Alpes
Route
Napoléon
Route
Napoléon
Via
alta
Viaalt
a
Route desGrandes
Alpes
Route de la lavand e
N75N
85
N85
N85
N85
N94
N94N94
N94
N94
N94
N85
N75
N75
N75
2
3
19 11
20
9
8
10
7
4
5
2
6
7
15
13
10
14
9
11
4
12
17
22
21
5
16
1
1
18
8
63
567891011
4321 Les balcons de la Durance 45,2 687 m
Le bocage du Champsaur 42 819 mTour de la Montagne de Chabre 65,2 790 mLes balcons du Rousine 46,2 720 mParcours du Gapençais 41,4 976 mLa route des Puys 46,4 1 069 mTour de la Montagne d’Aujour 57,7 1 127 mLa boucle du Haut-Buëch 78 1 093 mAutour du Rosanais 68,5 1 473 mTour du Dévoluy 62,5 1 394 mLa boucle d’Izoard 96,4 2 015 m
1 9,2% Col du Granon (2 413 m) 11,5 1 049 m2 8,8% Montée du Mont-Colombis (1 724 m) 12 1 055 m3 7,4% Col de Moissière (1 573 m) 9,6 713 m4 7% Col d’Izoard-Sud (2 360 m) 14,4 1 041 m5 6,7% Col du Galibier (2 642 m) 8,7 584 m6 6,6% Montée de Chabre (1 238 m) 10,1 671 m7 6,6% Montée de Réallon (1 545 m) 11,5 757 m8 6,6% Montée de Céüze (1 520 m) 9 594 m9 6,5% Col Agnel (2 744 m) 20,9 1 384 m10 6,5% Montée de Risoul (1 875 m) 15,2 981 m11 6,2% Montée de Chaillol (1 600 m) 8,6 536 m12 5,9% Col d’Izoard-Nord (2 360 m) 19,5 1 166 m13 5,9% Montée du Parpaillon (1 858 m) 15,7 941 m14 5,7% Col de Vars (2 109 m) 19 1 118 m15 5,5% Montée des Orres (1 648 m) 15,3 873 m16 4,9% Col du Lautaret-Ouest (2 058 m) 19,1 927 m17 4,7% Montée de Puy-St-Vincent (1 653 m) 14,2 696 m18 4,7% Col d’Espréaux (1 160 m) 12,4 579 m19 4,6% Col du Noyer (1 664 m) 14,9 754 m20 4,6% Montée d’Orcières (1 820 m) 15,2 707 m21 3% Col du Lautaret-Est (2 058 m) 26,3 813 m22 8,8% Col de l’Échelle (1 759 m) 17 411 m
Shared itineraries
Di�culty/Intensity Easy Intermediate Di�cult
DIFF
ICUL
TIN
TERM
EDIA
TEEA
SY
KmHeight di�erence
Passes and ascents KmHeight di�erence
Mountain biking on the Grande Traversée des Hautes-Alpes
Circuit No. and direction
Circuit start/finish Finish Climb
Start Climb
Climb No.
Climb
Route des Grandes Alpes
Route Napoléon
Route dela lavande
Orcières Merlette 1850
Le Valgaudemar
Prapic
Dormillouse
La Durance
Super-DévoluyLa Joue-du-Loup
Serre Chevalier
Le Chazelet
Plateau d’Emparis
Serre-Eyraud
Ancelle
Chaillol 1600
Gap
Briançon
ChorgesVeynes
Tallard
Serres
Saint-Bonneten-Champsaur
Laragne-Montéglin
Sisteron
Guillestre
L’Argentièrela-Bessée
Embrun
Cervières
Abriès
Ristolas
Molines-en-Queyras
St-Véran
Ceillac
Aiguilles
Arvieux
Eygliers
St-Crépin
Champcella
Freissinières La Roche-de-Rame
Puy St-Vincent
Pré de Mme Carle
Les Oullesdu Diable
Le voile dela Mariée
LesVigneaux
Vallouise-Pelvoux
Ailefroide
Réotier
St-Clément-sur-Durance
Risoul
Vars
Baratier
CrotsSavines-
le-Lac
Le Sauze-du-Lac
Pontis
Avançon
Bréziers
Espinasses
Remollon
Rochebrune
ThéüsRousset
Valserres
St-Étiennele-Laus
La Bâtie-Neuve
La Rochette
Montgardin
La Bâtie-Vieille
RambaudPrunières
Puy-Sanières
Puy-St-Eusèbe
St-Apollinaire
Réallon
Crévoux
St-André d’Embrun
Les Orres
St-Sauveur
Châteaurouxles-Alpes
Mont-DauphinFontaine
pétrifiante
Vague du Rabioux
Plan de PhazyCol des Tourettes
Le Val d’Escreins
Château-Ville-Vieille
Aspremont
La Bâtie-Montsaléon
Le BersacSavournon
Montrond
Trescléoux
Saléon
Méreuil
La Piarre
Sigottier
L’Épine
Moydans
St-André-de-Rosans
Sorbiers
Rosans
RibeyretMontclus
Chabestan
Le Saix
Barcillonnette
Barret-sur-Méouge
Val Buëch-MéougeRibiers
St-Pierre-Avez
Nossage-et-Bénévent
Upaix
Garde-Colombe
Monêtier-Allemont
Lazer
Ventavon
Le Poët
Éourres
Chanousse
Orpierre
Ste-Colombe
Salérans
Montjay
Étoile-St-Cyrice
Sainte-Marie
BruisMontmorin
Vitrolles
Esparron
Châteauvieux
Jarjayes
La Freissinouse
Pelleautier
Fouillouse
Ne£es
SigoyerLettret
La SaulceLardier-et-Valença
Châteauneuf-d’Oze
St-Auban-d’Oze
Oze
Furmeyer Manteyer
La-Roche-des-Arnauds
Rabou
Laye St-Léger-les-MélèzesSt-Laurent-
du-Cros
Orcières
La Chapelle-en-Valgaudemar
Villar-Loubière
Chabottes
St-Jean-St-Nicolas
St-Michel-de-Chaillol
Buissard
St-Julien-en-Champsaur
Forest-St-Julien
La Fare-en-Champsaur
Champoléon
La Motte-en-ChampsaurSaint-Eusèbe
Aspres-les-Corps
St-Firmin
St-Jacques-en-Valgaudemar
St-Maurice-en-Valgaudemar
AubessagneLe Glaizil
Le Noyer
PolignyLe Dévoluy
La Beaume
La Haute-Beaume
Montbrand
St-Julien-en-Beauchêne
La Faurie Montmaur
Aspres-sur-Buëch
St-Pierre-d’Argençon
Villar-St-Pancrace
St-Martin-de-Queyrères
Montgenèvre
Val-des-Prés
Vallée de la Clarée
NévacheOulx
Puy-St-André
Puy-St-Pierre
St-Cha£rey
La Salle-les-Alpes
Le Monétierles-Bains
La Grave
Villar-d’Arène
Les Costes
Chau£ayer
Notre-Damedu Laus
Col de laSentinelle
Golf de Gap-Bayard
18 trous
Domaine deCharance
Forêt des Sauvas
Col de Faye
Abbaye
Col des Guérins
Col du Festre
Mère ÉgliseCol des Rioupes
Défilé dela Souloise
Col de Lus-la-Croix-Haute
Abbaye deBoscodon
Forêt deBoscodon
Barrage du lac
Demoisellescoi�ées
Aérodrome de Gap-Tallard
Falaisesd’escaladede Céüze
climbing
Falaisesd’escaladed’Orpierre
climbing
Gorges dela Méouge
Belvédère du lac
La Cassedéserte
Réserve de biosphère transfrontalière
du Mont-Viso
Stade d’eau viveMines d’argent
du FournelVallée
du Fournel
Vallée étroite
Jardin du Lautaret
Golf international9 trous
Source de la Durance
Vallée des Fonts
Marseille
Orange
Nyons
Nyons
Die
Valence
Grenoble
Grenoble
Grenoble
Vallée dela Maurienne
Chambéry parTunnel du FréjusBardonnechiaModane
Chambéry Turin
Cunéo
Nice
Col du Galibier2 645 m
Col du Lautaret2 058 m
Col d’Izoard2361 m
Col de Vars2111 m
Col Agnel2746 m
Col du Parpaillon2645 m
Col de Foureyssasse
1040 m
Cold’Espréaux
1160 m
Col de Lebraut1110 m
Col de lafromagère1081 m
Col de Cabre1180 m
Col Bayard1248 m
Col de Manse
1268 mCol de Moissière1573 m
Col de Pontis1301 m
Col du Noyer1664 m
Col de l’Échelle1766 m
Col de Dormillouse2448 m
Col de Montgenèvre1850 m
Col du Granon2413 m
Col de la Vallée Étroite2445 m
Col de la Pousterle1825 m
CHAMPSAURVALGAUDEMAR
DÉVOLUY
BUËCH
GAPENÇAIS
SERRE-PONÇON
ÉCRINS
BRIANÇONNAIS
GUILLESTROISQUEYRAS
Barre des Écrins4102 m
Glacier Blanc 2300 m
Glacier Noir 2100 m
Le Goléon3427 m
Le Galibier3229 m
Mont Thabor3181 m
Le Rateau3809 m
La Meije3983 m
Les Agneaux3663 m
L’Ailefroide3952 m
Mont du Gioberney
3351 mL’olan
3564 m
Sirac3440 m
Le Vieux Chaillol3163 m
Le Pic de Bure2709 m
Grand Ferrand2759 m
Le Mourre Froid2994 m
Le Pouzenc2898 m
Mont Guillaume
2552 m
Le Piolit2464 m
Pic de Chabrières2403 m
Céüze2016 m
Montagne de Charance
1903 m
Mont Colombis1733 m
Pic de Morgon2327 m
Les Bans3669 m
Tête de Vautisse3156 m
Mont Pelvoux3946 m
Grand Pic de Rochebrune
3325 m
Mont Viso3841 m
Pic de la Font Sancte 3387 m
Le Pain de sucre3211 m
0 10km
N
EO
S
ISÈRE
DRÔME
ALPES DEHAUTE-PROVENCE
SAVOIE
ITALY
PARC NATURELRÉGIONAL DES
BARONNIESPROVENÇALES
PARC NATURELRÉGIONAL
DU QUEYRAS
PARC NATIONALDES ÉCRINS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
G
F
E
D
C
B
A
la Clarée
Guil
Gui
l
Ubaye
Drac
Petit Buëch
Buëc
h
Buëch
Méouge
Dura
nce
PetitB
uëch
Drac Noir
Drac
Drac Blanc
Guisane
laRom
anche
Lac de Serre-Ponçon
D948
D951
D951
D304
D948
D942
D116
D125
D949
D994
D106D106
D949
D994
D900b
D900b
D502
D944
D475
D474
D4
D38
D94
4a
D3
D7
D994
D93
7
D537
D985a
D985a
D457
D316
D480
D17a
D23
D17
D58
D16
D119 D119
D951
D104
D942
D211
D109
D9
D9
D374
D902
D902
D60
D5
D902
D947
D205t
D902
D902
D1
D34
D994g
D39a
D994b
D994e
D1091
D1091
D39
D954
D954
D468
D4
D4
D420
D994
D994
D49
D49
D49
D20
D20
D19
D45
D448
D149
D993
D93
D28
D93
D994a
D994b
D42
2
D942
D330
D942
D24
D25
D26
D61
D94
D21
D21
D48
D24
D324
A 51
Route desGrandes
Alpes
Route
Napoléon
Route
Napoléon
Via
alta
Viaalt
a
Route desGrandes
Alpes
Route de la lavand e
N75N
85
N85
N85
N85
N94
N94N94
N94
N94
N94
N85
N75
N75
N75
2
3
19 11
20
9
8
10
7
4
5
2
6
7
15
13
10
14
9
11
4
12
17
22
21
5
16
1
1
18
8
63
567891011
4321 Les balcons de la Durance 45,2 687 m
Le bocage du Champsaur 42 819 mTour de la Montagne de Chabre 65,2 790 mLes balcons du Rousine 46,2 720 mParcours du Gapençais 41,4 976 mLa route des Puys 46,4 1 069 mTour de la Montagne d’Aujour 57,7 1 127 mLa boucle du Haut-Buëch 78 1 093 mAutour du Rosanais 68,5 1 473 mTour du Dévoluy 62,5 1 394 mLa boucle d’Izoard 96,4 2 015 m
1 9,2% Col du Granon (2 413 m) 11,5 1 049 m2 8,8% Montée du Mont-Colombis (1 724 m) 12 1 055 m3 7,4% Col de Moissière (1 573 m) 9,6 713 m4 7% Col d’Izoard-Sud (2 360 m) 14,4 1 041 m5 6,7% Col du Galibier (2 642 m) 8,7 584 m6 6,6% Montée de Chabre (1 238 m) 10,1 671 m7 6,6% Montée de Réallon (1 545 m) 11,5 757 m8 6,6% Montée de Céüze (1 520 m) 9 594 m9 6,5% Col Agnel (2 744 m) 20,9 1 384 m10 6,5% Montée de Risoul (1 875 m) 15,2 981 m11 6,2% Montée de Chaillol (1 600 m) 8,6 536 m12 5,9% Col d’Izoard-Nord (2 360 m) 19,5 1 166 m13 5,9% Montée du Parpaillon (1 858 m) 15,7 941 m14 5,7% Col de Vars (2 109 m) 19 1 118 m15 5,5% Montée des Orres (1 648 m) 15,3 873 m16 4,9% Col du Lautaret-Ouest (2 058 m) 19,1 927 m17 4,7% Montée de Puy-St-Vincent (1 653 m) 14,2 696 m18 4,7% Col d’Espréaux (1 160 m) 12,4 579 m19 4,6% Col du Noyer (1 664 m) 14,9 754 m20 4,6% Montée d’Orcières (1 820 m) 15,2 707 m21 3% Col du Lautaret-Est (2 058 m) 26,3 813 m22 8,8% Col de l’Échelle (1 759 m) 17 411 m
Shared itineraries
Di�culty/Intensity Easy Intermediate Di�cult
DIFF
ICUL
TIN
TERM
EDIA
TEEA
SY
KmHeight di�erence
Passes and ascents KmHeight di�erence
Mountain biking on the Grande Traversée des Hautes-Alpes
