The loops of the Drôme
Presentation
A 1238 km circuit covering 99% in the Drôme department, with 11 loops, 118 passes, 2 optional passes and around 25200m of ascent.
This version of the 100 cols en Drôme hike was drawn up by Jean-Marc Clément of the Confrérie des Cent Cols on the basis of the existing 100 cols en Drôme hike.
Course
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 des Cent Cols, or to enable you to progress up the Confrérie's "roll of honour", or in any case to help you discover or rediscover the Drôme department, so rich in natural and historic sites.
Controls
Eleven controls are compulsory; they will be carried out at points along the route chosen by the hiker, with one control being carried out in each loop (loop numbers are to be found on the route map).
The 11 loops are as follows and depart from :
- St Jean en Royans 1: 103 km, 12 passes, D+: 2625 m
- St Jean en Royans 2: 91 km, 8 passes, D+: 2350 m
- Crest - Die: 110 km, 9 passes, D+: 2585 m
- Die - Crest: 114 km, 11 passes, D+: 2100 m
- Châtillon en Diois: 116 km, 10 passes, D+: 2235 m
- Montélimar: 120 km, 10 passes, D+: 1600 m
- Nyons: 112 km, 10 passes, D+: 2315 m
- Rémuzat 1: 116 km, 13 passes, D+: 2235 m
- Rémuzat 2: 120 km, 9 passes, D+: 2145 m
- Buis les Baronnies: 110 km, 11 passes, D+: 2170 m
- Montbrun les Bains:126 km, 14 passes, D+: 2800 m
BCN and BPF sites on the route
- Grignan
- Montbrun les Bains (1km away)
- Brantes (Vaucluse)
- La Motte Chalancon
- Col de Rousset
- Col de la Machine
Some passes
- Col de Rousset
- Col de la Machine
- Col de Pennes
- Col de Grimone
- Col de Menée
- Soubeyrand pass
- Col de Perty
- Macuègne pass
- Col de la Chaudière
- Col de Tourniol
- Bacchus Pass
- Col des Limouches
Rules of the game for permanent walks
All participants in this permanent trail agree to respect the game rules 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 only send your route maps to be approved, as well as your postcards and travel reports, to the person in charge of permanent hikes who is active at the time of sending and whom you can find on the 100 COLS website!