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The Sentier des Mineurs - The Miners' path
Sport, Pedestrian sports, Hiking itinerary
in L' Argentière-la-Bessée
17.1
km
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A pleasant walk rising up through the Fournel valley through old hamlets and cool forest
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From the train station in L'Argentière-les Écrins, head towards the silver mining museum ("Musée des Mines d'Argent")
Just after the tunnel under the railway line, take the narrow road on the right, and then left onto a track which comes to the bottom of a narrow lane, which you climb up via some steps to an intersection. Carry on uphill until you come to the church. Cross the Fournel road when you come to the school.
Just to the right of the school, take a narrow road.. After 50 metres,...From the train station in L'Argentière-les Écrins, head towards the silver mining museum ("Musée des Mines d'Argent")
Just after the tunnel under the railway line, take the narrow road on the right, and then left onto a track which comes to the bottom of a narrow lane, which you climb up via some steps to an intersection. Carry on uphill until you come to the church. Cross the Fournel road when you come to the school.
Just to the right of the school, take a narrow road.. After 50 metres, carry straight on along a paved lane which turns into a grassy track running along a canal side.
Take the narrow road on the right, going uphill, and go left just after the bend. Further on, continue right towards the Fournel mines ("Mines du Fournel"). Shortly after this, head right again to reach the access road leading to the Fournel. Follow this road left for a short stretch, and then take a path on the left, on a hairpin. Then follow signs for « Les mines ».
Cross the Fournel road again to take the path opposite which passes in front of a house, then right.
Continue uphill between the houses in the hamlet of La Blachière and, in a farmyard, go left in front of the farm sheds. Carry on towards an oratory and continue along the hillside until you come back to the Fournel road. Follow this upstream to cross the bridge. Immediately after this, take a track on the left which runs back down to L'Argentière along the right-hand bank.
At the bottom of the path, cross the bridge on the left and follow the main road down towards the Musée des Mines, which brings you back to the train station.
Medium
- Departure
- L' Argentière-la-Bessée
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Difference in height
- 966.333 m
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Departure : SNCF train station, L’Argentière-La Bessée.
Arrival : SNCF train station, L’Argentière-La Bessée.
Road access : 16 km from Briançon, take the N94. .
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- 966 meters of difference in height
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- Maximum altitude : 1406 m
- Minimum altitude : 974 m
- Total positive elevation : 966 m
- Total negative elevation : -969 m
- Max positive elevation : 281 m
- Min positive elevation : -340 m
