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Les Cabanes du Vallon du Couleau

Sport, Pedestrian sports, Hiking itinerary in Saint-Clément-sur-Durance
3.6 km
3h
Medium

  • Peaceful valleys with cabins to die for.

  • Leave the car at the end of the track up the Couleau torrent. The hike begins with a gentle slope through the woods on the right-hand side of the mountain. The path becomes steeper but is soon rewarded by a waterfall plunging into a turquoise pool. The path then opens out onto a mountain pasture in the hollow of a majestic cirque at the gateway to the Ecrins. Below the Châteauroux hut, cross the torrent to the right bank. The path then descends gently to the Pré Charnier hut. Continue along...
    Leave the car at the end of the track up the Couleau torrent. The hike begins with a gentle slope through the woods on the right-hand side of the mountain. The path becomes steeper but is soon rewarded by a waterfall plunging into a turquoise pool. The path then opens out onto a mountain pasture in the hollow of a majestic cirque at the gateway to the Ecrins. Below the Châteauroux hut, cross the torrent to the right bank. The path then descends gently to the Pré Charnier hut. Continue along a winding path to the former slate quarry. Once on the forest track, count 300m and turn left towards the Couleau torrent. The loop is complete once you've crossed the footbridge.

    Warning: Between the St Clément hut and the Pré Charnier hut, at the Châteauroux or Couleau hut, we are in the heart of the Ecrins National Park, which means that dogs are forbidden!
    Outside this zone, dogs on a leash are allowed.
341 meters of difference in height
  • Maximum altitude : 1889 m
  • Minimum altitude : 1535 m
  • Total positive elevation : 341 m
  • Total negative elevation : -354 m
  • Max positive elevation : 341 m
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