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| View of Montagne de Ventoux |
This is a
short and easy high altitude walk for all seasons. Large open spaces with an
open landscape that includes great views in all directions. Most impressive is
perhaps the Ventoux Mountain in the west, but you have the Alpes in the north
and the Luberon Mountain in the south. Most of the walk is well exposed to the
sun, but there are no problems finding shade for eating or resting.
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| Jas de la Bouscarle |
Drive up
to Banon (city center) and follow signs for le Contadour. You are now in one of the favourit villages of the famous Provencal writer, Jean Giono.
At Contadour, you have public WC and a large parking, but I suggest you drive on for another 1.7 km to avoid the extra hours walk along this road. Here you see a yellow signpost for “La Bouscale” taking you off this road on the right, on to a yellow marked dirt road. Park here and take this dirt road into the woods.
At Contadour, you have public WC and a large parking, but I suggest you drive on for another 1.7 km to avoid the extra hours walk along this road. Here you see a yellow signpost for “La Bouscale” taking you off this road on the right, on to a yellow marked dirt road. Park here and take this dirt road into the woods.
You soon
get out into the open and will follow the Ravin du Fond-Brune for a bit. After
about 25 min., another dirt road crosses your road (by a large green steel
tank). Take right here and climb up to the hill on your right, still following
yellow markings. You reach the 1322-meter point in just about 10 min. Now you
turn left and after only some 60 meters, you see a yellow signpost. Here you
turn left again, following the yellow markers for Le Crete. After about 35
minutes along the yellow markers, you see some large cairns and a ruin on the
left. Nice place for a rest. Just 40 meter after the ruins, the yellow markers
turn left and you will now be taken over the 1431 meter point (with a large
massive cairn) and down again to the ridge of Mountain de Lure at 1413 meters.
Including a few short stops, you reach the ridge in 1,5 hour from the car.
If you
want to expand on this walk a bit, you could now explore the ridge going
eastwards,
where you have a narrow plateau going south at the 1429 meter point.
This walk, however, will now follow the yellow and red marked “Tour de la
montagne de Lure” in western direction. After about 30 minutes, the path leaves
the ridge, going slightly off to the left, marked for “Jas des Terres Roux”.
After only some 15 minutes, you take the signposted left turning and follow on
southwards to the old Bergerie (another 30 minutes). This has been classified
as a historical monument because of the fine quality of the work done by
restoring these buildings using only the traditional method of “dry stones”.
Well worth a good look.
You leave
the old Bergerie, still on the yellow and red marked path signposted for
“Tinette”. You reach Tinette in about 25 minutes and here you continue the main
road to where the car is parked (another 10 minutes).
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| Le Crete de Montagne de Lure |
Basic information:
Duration: 4h (including 45 min. lunch)
Distance: 12 km.
Ascent: 400 m
Difficulty: Easy
Start/finish: 1.7 km north of le Contadour or 10 km. north
of Banon.
VisoRando
Lien to "Les Bergeries du Contadour":
Pour le fichier GPX, vous pouvez télécharger à partir d'ici
(voir ci-dessus) ou mettre à jour via ce lien VisoRando où vous pourrez
également voir l'itinéraire sur une
bonne carte.
For the GPX-file, you
could download from here (see just above) or update through this VisoRando link
where you also will see the route on a
good map.
https://www.visorando.com/randonnee-les-bergeries-du-contadour/
The VisoRando hike might deviate slightly from my original, but it's the reference used by Jacky for the last TET hike in January 2020.
TET:
January 2020 - Jacky.
January 2020 - Jacky.
Cultural Options
With spare time on your hands, why not visit the abandoned village of Redortiers. It had 500 inhabitants in the 19th century, situated 950 meters above sea level with a magnificant panoramic view of the Haut-Provence Plateau. You see it on your IGN 3240 OT map, half way between Banon and Le Contadour, and you can drive there from the D5 road you followed to Le Contadour.
If you are more serious about visiting abondoned villages, check out this 17,5 km. walk from Banon, visiting among others, Redortiers.
You must not miss a stop in Banon, where perhaps the main attraction today is the famous bookshop called "Les Bluets". In addition Banon is world famous for its particular goat cheese, wrapped in chestnut leaves and tied with raffia.
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| Jas des Terres du Roux |
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OBS - OBS - OBS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Le GR est définitivement fermé depuis le 01 janvier 2020, merci de
faire passer le message à vos amis randonneurs , il n'y a plus d'accès au
public, c'est privé ainsi que les bergeries. Au passage la bergerie des terres
du roux n'est pas classé mais inscrite au monument, depuis 1992. Merci
un des propriétaires
Sur ce site vous avez l'info officielle des propriétés privées sur
le GR des bergeries : mais on doit pouvoir faire un tracé qui évite le GR
(on voit sur la carte un tracé pointillé qui monte à la crête.
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