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The walk starts from Camp des Fourches, on the road between the small hamlet of Bousieyas and the Col de la Bonette. The car park is behind the ruined barracks.
(S/E) Marker 41a. Take the path heading due east to Col des Fourches, where you can see casemates hidden in the hillside. From this viewpoint, you can enjoy a view of the entire Salso Moreno valley below, which stretches back to the Italian border.
(1) Then take a path that climbs slightly to the left towards the north-west, towards the shepherd's huts that can be seen 300 metres away.
(2) Continue north towards the mountainside. The path is good, dotted with pretty little white anemones.
It passes close to a small hill (Ventabren) on the right (you can just make out a casemate emerging from its side).
(3) Then the going gets tough: the route climbs more steeply towards the north-west, entering a rocky area that quickly turns into scree. But the path is well marked: the large boulders have been flattened to make it easier to walk on. We climb a few switchbacks. In any case, there is only one path, so it is impossible to get lost, and we must always climb towards the fort.
At the end of this area, the path continues across the slope, heading southwest. Then it climbs again in short zigzags. Finally, a long, steep straight section (400 m long) leads to the ridge.
(4) The Fort de Pelousette crowns the summit. The view is 360°: you can see, in no particular order, Pelvoux, Font-Sancte, the Cimes de Vens, Tenibre, Mont Mounier, Pelat, Parpaillon, Siguret..
The fort is open to the elements, however, I do not recommend visiting it, as accidents can happen so quickly.
Descend by the same route to the Col des Fourches.
(1) Back at the pass, take a wide path between the casemates that heads south towards Fortin des Fourches, which you can see 700 metres away.
(5) As with the first fort, it is really not advisable to visit it. It was primarily a barracks, protected from enemy fire by the top of the hill. Firing posts had been set up just at the top in the direction of Salso Moreno, and a kind of cable car was used to supply the fort and the Fourches camp from the bottom of the valley. However, it is worth noting the presence of this all-metal watchtower attached to its northern corner.
To return, simply take the path in the opposite direction to the Col des Fourches
(1). Turn left westwards and follow the same route as on the way there to the car park (S/E).
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