Sur la route des Vautours by bike

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In the heart of the Baronnies Provençales, this 46-kilometer cycling route offers a beautiful ride between Drôme Provençale and the Hautes-Alpes, with the chance to spot vultures circling the skies around Rémuzat. The town is overlooked by the Rocher de Claire, where the vultures nest. This loop takes you around the Aiguilles and Raton mountains, and the Col de la Fromagère offers a panoramic view of the hidden Pommerol Valley.

Description

From Rosans, a medieval village at the gateway to Drôme Provençale (where you can admire the 12th-century “Tour Carrée”), take the D94 along the Eygues River toward Rémuzat and its cliffs teeming with birds of prey. Above your heads, the spectacle is about to begin.
The rest of the route follows the Oule River, cycling from village to village: Cornillon-sur-l’Oule (a small Provençal village situated between the Diois and the Baronnies, overlooking Lake Cornillon and the Oule Valley), La Motte-Chanlançon (a medieval village perched on a hill), and La Charce (with its restored castle, its pretty, quiet streets, and its three waterways: the Oule, the Establet stream, and the Pommerol stream).
From there, we tackle the Col de la Fromagère (1,072 m) via the north slope, which winds through a wild landscape where limestone and erosion have blended so seamlessly that slender “fairy chimneys” rise up.
Descending from the Col de la Fromagère and Pommerol, a small road leads through a beech forest to Rosans, the starting point.

Departure : Church, Rosans
Arrival : Church, Rosans
Towns crossed : Rosans, Verclause, Pelonne, Rémuzat, Cornillac, Cornillon-sur-l'Oule, Motte-Chalancon, Rottier, Charce, and Pommerol

Forecast

Altimetric profile

Recommandations

At the Maison des Vautours, located in Rémuzat (and free to visit), enjoy an exhibition, a film, and a live video feed.
For more information on learning about vultures: https://www.dromeprovencale.fr/destination/incontournables/les-vautours-a-remuzat/
https://www.vautoursenbaronnies.com/

Information desks

Rue Aristide Briand, 05150 Rosans

https://www.sisteron-alpesprovencales.fr/rosans@sisteron-alpesprovencales.fr 04 92 66 66 66

Transport

Let’s limit our trips and use public transportation and carpooling: https://zou.maregionsud.fr

Access and parking

From Serres (24 km), take the D 994 to Rosans. Turn right in the village center onto the D 25.

Parking :

Tourist office parking lot in Rosans.

1 point of interest

Pass
Pommerol pass
Pommerol pass is a crossing point between Les Hautes-Alpes and La Drôme, two French departments. Also named Col de la Fromagère, the pass is reachable from the tracks of Suquet and Raton’s ridges. The pass overlook the public forest of Eygues.