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Embrun - Les Orres (TSP Gravel)
Sport, Cycling sports, Gravel bike route
in Embrun
64.3
km
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Motivated? Add a mountainous touch to this first stage with the Col du Parpaillon on the return journey
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From Embrun station, join the roundabout and take the first exit to join the pedestrian zone slightly to the left (towards the tourist office). At the end of the pedestrian zone turn right then left at the roundabout (supermarket)
At the end of the supermarket car park, in Les Moulineaux, head down a small tarmac path towards the lake. /The path is steep with sharp bends and the lower part has a few stones. Turn right at Le Chaffal. At the end of the road, turn left to reach the right bank...From Embrun station, join the roundabout and take the first exit to join the pedestrian zone slightly to the left (towards the tourist office). At the end of the pedestrian zone turn right then left at the roundabout (supermarket)
At the end of the supermarket car park, in Les Moulineaux, head down a small tarmac path towards the lake. /The path is steep with sharp bends and the lower part has a few stones. Turn right at Le Chaffal. At the end of the road, turn left to reach the right bank of the Durance.
On the banks of the Durance turn left onto the small road that runs alongside the river. Pass under a bridge. At the D994d road, continue to the right, cross the Durance by the wooden bridge and then turn left towards Saint-André d'Embrun.
Before the bridge over the Crévoux, turn right onto the small road that climbs towards Clot Peyrolier Haut. At the hamlet of "Coin Haut", go straight ahead, join the bend of the D39 and turn right up the torrent de Crévoux as far as Crévoux.
At Crévoux ascend right towards the resort (D39a). From the village square, head up the street that starts at the war memorial. At "Champ La font 2", take the stony track opposite towards the hamlet of La Chalp. Continue straight ahead on the main path until you reach the road.
At the bend, ascend the road on the right to the picnic area (Cabane des Espagnols)
At the picnic area, turn right twice onto the path leading upwards (there is a spring on the road after the Réal bridge on the right). Stay on the main track (Route forestière de Bouche Clauze). Head downhill and turn right at the bend in the track. At the crossroads go straight on
At the crossroads of the H24 DFCI track, continue straight ahead on the main track to reach the village of Les Orres.
At the county town, descend to the left towards the church (fontaine le commun). Turn right down the hairpin road towards Embrun. At the D40 turn left for 20 m (Plan des hameaux) and go down the path on the right, which is not very visible (/!\ presence of stones)
At the Route du Pont (D540), turn left up to Le Melezet.
Medium
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- Embrun
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Difference in height
- 2689.41 m
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Departure : Embrun.
Arrival : Le Mélézet, Les Orres.
Road access : From Grenoble, Lyon, Paris : RN 85 or RN 75. At Gap, take the RN 94 towards Briançon.
From Marseille, Montpellier A51 to La Saulce, continue towards Tallard (D942) and Briançon (RN 94)..
Parking recommended : Embrun lake car park .
Public transport : SNCF: Chorges station, Embrun https://www.sncf-connect.com/
Bus : Valserres, La Bâtie Neuve, Chorges, Puy Saint Eusèbe, Puy Sanières, Embrun Baratier, Les Orres, Remollon, Theus, Espinasse
Marseille-Briançon : (LER29)
Marseille, Nice : Lignes Express Régionales (LER) +33 (0)809 400 415
Grenoble : Transisère +33 (0)4 26 16 38 38
Gap-Barcelonnette (LER535)
Carpooling area : Rond point des Orres - 05200 Baratier
Plane:
Marseille Provence Airport (188km) - +33 (0)820 811 414
Grenoble Alpes Isère Airport (158km) - +33 (0)4 76 65 48 48
Lyon Saint Exupéry Airport - (203km) +33 (0)826 800 826
Turin Caselle Airport - (178km) + 39 011 567 63 83 .
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- 2689 meters of difference in height
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- Maximum altitude : 2460 m
- Minimum altitude : 788 m
- Total positive elevation : 2689 m
- Total negative elevation : -2114 m
- Max positive elevation : 1075 m
- Min positive elevation : -663 m
