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Font Froide Mountain Pass
Sport, Pedestrian sports, Hiking itinerary
in La Motte-en-Champsaur
15.3
km
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From the patrimonial hamlet of Molines this alpine hike lets you to discover the rocky glacier at Font Froide.
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Go right up to the hamlet at Molines, and take the direction of Peyron Roux valley. The path runs beside the torrent which descends close to the village. Take the walkway to go up to the left bank of the torrent. Leave the path further up and go left. The path with a stone wall passes through the middle of a larch forest. Continue in the same direction, until you leave the forest. There the path crosses to the right bank of the valley but the torrent which descends disappears under the...
Go right up to the hamlet at Molines, and take the direction of Peyron Roux valley. The path runs beside the torrent which descends close to the village. Take the walkway to go up to the left bank of the torrent. Leave the path further up and go left. The path with a stone wall passes through the middle of a larch forest. Continue in the same direction, until you leave the forest. There the path crosses to the right bank of the valley but the torrent which descends disappears under the rock... A little later, the itinerary goes back under the undergrowth and arrives at the Peyron Roux cabin... Continue in the forest; leave the path on the left the mountain pass path the 'Ardouère, (itinerary not maintained). The path leaves the forest, meanders in the scree (after a big storm, this part can be damaged) and goes winding upwards on a steep grassy slope. An hour’s ascent is still necessary in order to reach the bottom of the rocky glacier that we go round by the right bank. It is only when the terrain becomes smoother that we notice the mountain pass... The return is made using the same itinerary until the Peyron-Roux cabin, then fork to the right to descend by the path on the right bank until Molines.
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- Departure
- La Motte-en-Champsaur
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Departure : Molines-en-Champsaur.
Arrival : Molines-en-Champsaur.
At La Fare en Champsaur (N 85), take the direction Saint-Bonnet then the direction La Motte (D23). Cross La Motte and continue until the hamlet of Molines.
Parking recommended : Molines car park (in front of the hamlet in summer) .
Between Gap and La Motte-en-Champsaur, there is a possible connection with the Gap-Grenoble coach.
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