11th Trail de Gorbio
Today we were 80 runners to take the start of 11th Trail de Gorbio, a nice trail running race of 42 km and 2900 meters
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Today we were 80 runners to take the start of 11th Trail de Gorbio, a nice trail running race of 42 km and 2900 meters
Great trail running in Mercantour National Park. This trail starts at the village of St Martin Vesubie and follows the crests of Cime de la Palu (2132m)
This difficult and long trail running offers outstanding views over the French Riviera. It starts with the ascent of Mont Ferion (1412m) and Col de l’Autaret (1308m), then goes down in the Vesubie valley, goes up to Utelle, down to Tinee Valley before traversing Mont Vial (1541m) from North to South.
Today we tried a new trail starting at Villars sur Var (426m). I wanted to make a loop going to Pointe de l’Adret (1305m), the Pointe des 4 Cantons (1804) and go off-trail to the Pointe des Chavanette (1753m).
Saturday: Rock Climbing in Verdon, Hulk area We went to the Hulk sector. We parked at the Point Sublime which is not the closest parking…
This trail starts at the village of St Sauveur sur Tinee (510m) and make a loop along the GR 52A and the GR 5 up to Longon (1941m) in the Mercantour National Park.
This weekend we made a short Trail around the Boreon (Mercantour Park). We left the Vacherie of Boreon (1660m) and went up to the Pas des Roubines (2106m) and all the way to the Cime de l’Agnelliere (2700m).
This trail is one of the very few with 2000 meters of continuous climb in a relatively short distance (7.5 km). It starts in the
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The Himal Race is an extreme running race which starts at the Annapurna Base camp, crosses the Himalayas to finish at the Mt. Everest base camp. The races covers a distance of 1,050 km with 80,000 meters of ascent in 23 days.