Col de Furfande

The Col de Furfande south of the Col d'Izoard is one of the great and flowing trail tours in the Queyras, where you don't have to be a filigree technician for great trail fun

Description

The route starts just below Château-Queyras, where the pass road to the Col d'Izoard branches off. Climb up this road and turn left at the village of Arvieux. This gravel road takes you to the Col de Furfande, the highest point of the tour. At the top, you can enjoy impressive views back to the Col d'Izoard and over the wide mountain ranges of the Queyras Regional Nature Park.

Now comes a full portion of flow. The fast and agile trail winds its way down to the refuge already visible from above. After a refreshment stop, the trail continues in the same style. After a ridge, the path temporarily changes to a serpentine trail of difficulty S2, which soon becomes more flowy again and dips into the forest a little further down. In this style, you reach the small hamlet of Villair Gaudin. There you follow the marked hiking route, initially as a wide gravel track, and again at the very end as a great final trail that rides down to the valley floor. The long descent finally leads to the main road, on which you climb the last few meters back to Château-Queyras.

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Details of the tour

28 km

1320 m

1271 above sea level

2494 above sea level

1 day

Château-Queyras