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One hundred passes in the Haut-Languedoc

Presentation

A 790km route between Mont Aigoual and Monts de Lacaune, with 114 passes, 12 optional passes and an altitude difference of around 15,000 metres.

Traced by Pierre Gasc (Cent Cols n°1531).

Course

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Theme

The Club des Cent Cols, founded in 1972, is affiliated to the French Cycling Federation under No. 6384, offers you this permanent walk based on a simple theme: "One hundred passes".

One hundred passes, either to enable you to join the Confrérie du Club des Cent Cols, or to enable you to progress up the Confrérie's "Tableau d'Honneur", or in any case to help you discover or rediscover the Haut Languedoc.

One hundred passes will take you on a breathtaking mountain bike tour of the Languedoc, from the mountains of Espinouse, Caroux and Lacaune in the south-west to the Cévennes peaks of Mont Aigoual in the north-east. The discovery of a unique heritage: sometimes arduous passes, but also exceptional natural sites such as the Cirque de Navacelles. And finally, the discovery of a region with a rich past, with traces dating back to prehistoric times, such as the mysterious "statue-menhirs" that line the first loop of this astonishing hike.

Controls

Eight controls are compulsory; they will be carried out at points along the route chosen by the rider, with one control being carried out in each section (the section numbers can be found on the route map).

Olargues - Murat sur Vèbre
Murat sur Vèbre - Courniou
Courniou - Olargues
Hérépian - Avène
Avène - Hérépian
Lodève - Valleraugue
Valleraugue - Dourbies
Dourbies - Lodève

NB: The walk can be done in 3 loops:

Olargues / St Gervais sur Mare / Lacaune / Verreries de Moussan
Lodève / Hérépian / Ceilhes
Lodève / Ganges / L'Espérou

Main passes

Col de l'Espinouse
Col de la Croix de Mounis
Col du Cabaretou
Col de Sainte Colombe
Col de la Baraque de Bral
Col du Vent
Asclier pass
Col de l'Espinas
Col de la Luzette
Col de Prat Peyrot
Col de Campviel
etc.

BCN and BPF sites on the route

Lacaune
Fraisse sur Agout
Mont Aigoual
Blandas

Rules of the game for permanent walks

All participants in this permanent trail agree to respect the rules of the game governing it.

For further information

Contact the person in charge of permanent walks

Jean-Marc CLEMENT
10 rue de Normandie
31120 Portet sur Garonne
FRANCE

Tel: +33 (0)5 61 76 30 12
E-mail: [email]randos@centcols.org [/email]

Please note: Please send your roadmaps for homologation as well as your postcards and travelogues only to the current person in charge, whatever you find as old information (so do not write to Roger Colombo, Bernard Pommel, Jean-Marc Lefèvre or Roland Grimaud †).