Gilette and the Estéron gorges

Walk completed at the end of February with no difficulties.
The first quarter of the route (up to the Cerise bridge) is not very interesting (houses, tarmac road, DFCI path).
After this section, however, the walk offers lovely views over the Esteron valley, and the route is varied and fun, with several ascents and descents, making the distance enjoyable.
The final climb to Gilette is closed by prefectoral decree, but you can take it if you are aware of the risks involved and it presents no particular difficulties.
The distance announced is a little short, I counted on my watch 17km in 5h45 (excluding breaks). Don't forget good shoes and plenty of water 😉✨

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Beautiful hike with stunning views.

A lovely walk in early autumn. The last climb is not maintained (closed by municipal by-law), but is passable. Make sure you have enough water and stamina to finish this one.

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Very nice route, magnificent scenery in a variety of atmospheres. It was a great idea to reproduce the Gpx trail that was missing from the Randoxygène. The only downside is that at the end of the descent to Les Ferres, in the shale, the path is ruined, slippery and difficult to follow. The département could restore it.

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Between points 2 and 3, after the second barrier protecting the animals on the path, leave the GPS track, but continue on the signposted path that leads to the road (accrobranche under construction).

BE CAREFUL once you reach the road, the path is forbidden (municipal by-law). You have to take the path over the protective wall of the road.

Thank you for this beautiful circuit.

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A very pretty walk, with a lot of undergrowth, but with magnificent panoramic views.
On the whole, the description is very reliable, even if we sometimes have a few doubts, which are quickly cleared up thanks to the app and GPS tracking.

Many thanks to the author.

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Between point 3 and point 4, it says :
3) .. . head towards the Oratoire de Notre Dame du Brec
4) After passing in front of it, follow the magnificent balcony path ...

To be more precise, once you've gone as far as the Oratoire, you need to turn around for about ten metres to get back onto the balcony path, heading for marker 103. In other words, the path does not pass at the foot of the Oratoire, but about ten metres away (there is no path beyond the Oratoire).

Walk on 17 October 2021, beautiful autumn colours along the way.

Thanks to the author for this beautiful hike :-)

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Hello ,
A lovely walk in the Esteron, with beautiful relief and undergrowth to protect you from the sun. Not recommended from June to mid-September.
The distance is 15 km and not 12.
The last section is closed by municipal decree (2019), with the mayor pulling out the umbrella, according to local residents.
The municipal employees should get to work on the two-kilometre ascent to clean the path properly and reinforce some of the walls to avoid landslides. This path is used at the hiker's own risk.

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A superb hike, often through beautiful undergrowth. The final climb in the scorching sun was tough, especially as we were short of water. Magnificent and varied views over the Estéron gorges. It's worth noting that the school car park has plenty of free spaces, which is rare in the villages of the upper Nice region. The mayor has banned the ascent from La Clave because of the risk of landslides, which are not uncommon in the region. So we take it at our own risk.

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Doable in summer as there is a lot of undergrowth, but be sure to bring plenty of water even if you cross and swim in the 2 rivers.

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A lovely walk, with beautiful forest crossings and fine views. The climb back up to Gilette from La Clave is forbidden, but you can get through for a small fee (a few rockslides that are easy to negotiate), but the last ascent is long and you come down to the bottom, so you'll have to go back up sometime. . take something to drink, it's heating up fast at the moment...

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A parish specific to Brittany with some superb scenery. The route is fairly easy to follow, even if there are quite a few tiny shortcuts that I missed. It's not parish specific to Brittany.
Be careful because the last part is very steep and the path is forbidden but you don't really know why, it's quite passable.
Thanks to the author.

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A very pretty walk, a little long but not difficult or tiring. Description not very clear at first.
The ascent to Gilette from La Clave is officially closed but there is no problem getting through, just a few stones on the path (incomprehensible to close a route for so little...).

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Very nice hike, highlights clue de la cerise, path overhanging the canyon, ends by the suspension bridge, anticipate the positive difference in altitude on the return to Gilette, and enough water, the hike is long.

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