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One hundred passes in the Ardèche

Presentation

A 1,350km route with 102 passes and a vertical drop of at least 24,000m.

The route was mapped out by Michel Marcelot of the Confrérie des Cent Cols.

Course

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Theme

The Club des Cent Cols, founded in 1972 and affiliated to the Fédération Française de Cyclotourisme under No. 6384, offers you this permanent tour based on a simple theme: "One hundred passes".

One hundred passes to help you discover a department where lovers of winding roads and sometimes severe passes will be delighted. The route, which can be completed in six loops, takes in the Ardèche Vivaroise to the north, the Ardèche Hauts Plateaux dotted with volcanoes, the Cévennes ardéchoises and finally, to the south, the Provence-flavoured Basse-Ardèche. Each Ardèche "country" has its own strong personality, expressed in its geology, flora, climate and, of course, its resources. Taken together, these make up a palette of extremely varied landscapes that can be admired along ancestral roads where it's still great to stroll along by bicycle.

Controls

Twelve controls are compulsory; they will be carried out at points along the route chosen by the rider, with two controls being carried out in each section (loop); the section numbers should be noted on the route map.

1. Vanosc - Lamastre
2. St Julien du Gua - Vernoux
3. Saint Agrève - Issarlès
4. Vals les Bains - St Remèze
5. Coucouron - Loubaresse
6. Loubaresse - St André de Cruzières

NB: The walk can be done in the form of the following 6 loops:

• Loop 1: Tournon - St Agrève - Tournon, 247km, 24 passes
• Loop 2: Lamastre - Dunière - Lamastre, 211 km, 22 passes
• Loop 3Lamastre - Lac d'Issarles - Lamastre, 250 km, 17 passes
• Loop 4: Privas - Vallon Pont d'Arc - Privas, 302 km, 24 passes
• Loop 5: Vals les Bains - Masméjan - Vals les Bains, 203 km, 18 passes
• Loop 6: Largentière - Les Vans - Largentière, 182 km, 15 passes

The itineraries and tracks for these loops will be supplied in addition and on request at the time of registration for the general circuit.

Main passes

• Col du Rouvey
• Col de la Charousse
• Col du Buisson
• Col de la Scie
• Col de la Croix de Peccata
• Col de la Croix de Boutières
• Col de Mezilhac
• Col des Quatre Vios
• Col de la Chavade
• Col du Pendu
• Col de la Croix de Bauzon, etc...

BCN and BPF sites on the route

• Mont Gerbier de Jonc
• Lake Issarlès
• Les Vans
• Loubaresse
• Agrève
• Vallon Pont d'Arc

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 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 †).