The Tour des Têtes (no. 16)

L'Argentière-la-Bessée
The Tour des Têtes (no. 16)
3h15
20,6km
+1201m
-1201m
Loop
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This circuit with major changes in elevation will take you to the Fournel mine and the eponymous glacial valley. Exceptional heritage and a stunning view are in store before you tackle a thrilling technical descent.
Description
The circuit starts right in the centre of town, not far from the bridge spanning the Durance. Head due south towards the train station.
- After passing the train station on your right and going under the railway bridge, follow the D423 towards the Fournel mines ("Mines du Fournel")
- At the mine car park, carry on along the narrow road leading into the little valley
- At the bridge, the Pont des Albrands, take the forest track that leads uphill to the Col de la Pousterle
- At the car park at the pass, follow the track running due east
- After the Champ des Ans, at 1,541 m, take the path on the right: the start of a great single-track descent
- When you come to the first houses in L'Argentière-la-Bessée, take the road on the left and then the road on the right to the next crossroads, which will bring you to the town centre
- Departure : Place du kiosque, L’Argentière-La Bessée
- Arrival : Place du kiosque, L’Argentière-La Bessée
- Towns crossed : L'Argentière-la-Bessée and Les Vigneaux
Forecast
Altimetric profile
Sensitive areas
Along your trek, you will go through sensitive areas related to the presence of a specific species or environment. In these areas, an appropriate behaviour allows to contribute to their preservation. For detailed information, specific forms are accessible for each area.
Peregrine falcon
- Impacted practices:
- Aerial, Vertical
- Sensitivity periods:
- FebMarAprMayJun
- Contact:
- Parc National des Écrins
Julien Charron
julien.charron@ecrins-parcnational.fr
Short-toed snake eagle
- Impacted practices:
- Aerial,
- Sensitivity periods:
- MarAprMayJunJulAugSep
- Contact:
- Parc National des Écrins
Julien Charron
julien.charron@ecrins-parcnational.fr
Short-toed snake eagle
- Impacted practices:
- Aerial,
- Sensitivity periods:
- MarAprMayJunJulAugSep
- Contact:
- Parc National des Écrins
Julien Charron
julien.charron@ecrins-parcnational.fr
Recommandations
Rescue services contact details: Secours Montagne (Mountain Rescue): +33 (0)4 92 22 22 22 or 112
Show consideration for the work of farmers, livestock keepers and owners
Take your litter home
Do not take shortcuts across pasturelandTransport
Public transport >> www.pacamobilite.fr
Consider car-sharing >> www.blablacar.fr
Access and parking
16 km from Briançon, take the N94.
Parking :
Car park of the Place du kiosque, L’Argentière-la-Bessée
Source

Pays des Ecrinshttps://www.paysdesecrins.com
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