Balcon du Pré Rond - Trail itinerary

Description

The Pré Rond balcony trail allows you to explore Valloire's surroundings, its hamlets and traditional architecture, with a magnificent panoramic view.

Tips

Your safety: - Bear in mind that you'll be riding in mountainous areas with sometimes technical trails, significant vertical drops and rapidly changing weather conditions. - Don't overestimate your abilities - Check the local weather forecast before setting off / www.meteofrance.com / tel: 3250 - Anticipate and adapt your clothing to the areas you'll be covering, and bring a survival blanket, windbreaker and whistle. - If you're going on your own, leave information about your itinerary with friends and family, and make sure you have a charged cell phone. - Always carry a supply of water. - Stay on marked paths. - Watch out for electric fences. - Make your presence known during hunting season (September to January) and in the vicinity of big game drives. - Help: in an emergency, call 112 Your environment : - Respect private property. - Don't light fires. - Keep your garbage and take it away. - Respect fruit crops and do not cross cultivated fields. - Don't frighten livestock. - Close park gates after passing through. Respect the direction of routes. Be careful and courteous when overtaking and crossing hikers.

Guidebook with maps/step-by-step

Departure point: Parking de la Borgé. 1 - Take the path on the left of the Valloirette up to the equestrian center. 2 - Go left up the trail to Chapelle Saint Pierre. 3 - Rejoin a track further up, then turn left to descend to the Gorges de la Neuvachette footbridge. 4 - Join the hamlet of Archaz, then Geneuil. 5 - Take a track that passes under the Brive gondola to Poingt Rogereuil. 6 - Continue on the track, then take a path on the left that leads to the Chapelle des Trois Croix (orientation table). 7 - [Optional] Possibility of joining the Col du Télégraphe via the forest track (view of the Maurienne and Vanoise Massif). 8 - Return to Valloire via the hamlets of Col, Granges and Choseaux-Ville.