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A hundred passes in southern Corsica

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A 926km route between sea and mountains in the south of Corsica.

926 km over 101 passes between 19 and 1,311 m (total vertical drop: over 20,000 m), with 23 nearby passes optional. 12 passes are shared with the permanent " A hundred passes in northern Corsica " .

Note: no more track sections, all road sections.

Accommodation is available without booking, in hotels, gîtes or campsites (with or without bungalows) from Easter to the end of June and from September to All Saints' Day, which are all possible periods for this tour. Winter makes some passes impassable, and in summer you'll need to book your accommodation.

1,000 km of nature, colours and scents.

Traced by Bernard Giraudeau (cent cols n° 3872)

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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".

The ancient Greeks already called it "Kallisté", the most beautiful. For Guy de Maupassant, Corsica is above all: "A mountain in the sea". It's the southern part of this mountain that we invite you to explore with this permanent walk based on the theme :

Discover the south of Corsica via 100 passes.

One hundred passes to join the Brotherhood of the Hundred Passes. You will then have to continue your quest in other higher mountain ranges to obtain at least 5 passes over 2,000 metres.

One hundred passes to move up the "roll of honour of the brotherhood" or simply, 100 passes to soak up this wilderness, these breathtaking landscapes and keep them in your memories in the words of Charles Maurras: "There are places where you stay for a long time without leaving anything behind. There are places that I have only passed through and that have left a deep imprint on me. Corsica is one of those places. I've never stopped living there.

Controls

Eight controls are compulsory. They will be carried out at points along the route chosen by the rider, with one check being carried out in each section (the section numbers are to be found on the route map):

1. Ajaccio / Sarrola-Carcopino ( km 118)
2. Sarrola-Carcopino / Coti-Chiavari ( km 258)
3. Coti-Chiavari / Propriano ( km 393)
4. Propriano / Bonifacio ( km 494)
5. Bonifacio / Levie ( km 624)
6. Levie / Zonza ( km 757)
7. Zonza/ Ghisoni ( km 860)
8. Ghisoni / Ajaccio ( km 997)

NB: The walk can be done as 5 loops from :

• Ajaccio (2 loops)
• Aullène
• Zonza
• Bonifacio

Main passes

• Col de St Eustache 995m
• Col de Bacinu 809m
• Bocca d'Illarata 991m
• Col de Mela 1068m
• Col de Bavella 1218m
• Bocca di Chiesola 1422m
• Bocca di e Croci 1523m
• Col de la Vaccia 1193m
• Col de Verde 1289m
• Col de Sorba 1311m
• Vizzavona Pass 1163m
• Col de Scalella 1193m

BCN and BPF sites on the route

• Bonifacio
• Zonza

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 Head of Permanent Rides

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 †).