The three Céans passes

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Date of your route : Aug 23, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

In 2022, walking through the marl and scree slopes posed NO PROBLEM AT ALL, even after rain, and for us – who are elderly and only moderately fit – I suppose the path has been marked out better and better.
The scenery is a bit monotonous around the small pass of Martin and up to the Col de l’Adrechon, but it’s still a very pleasant walk, and easy even with children.

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Date of your route : Jul 06, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

There aren’t many lavender fields along the route. A very beautiful pine forest. No walkers at this time of year; best done in the morning, before the heat of the day sets in.

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Date of your route : Sep 06, 2016
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

The route starts at the bottom of the village (the last hairpin bend before the village entrance) and not in the centre of the village.

The road through the centre of the village is very narrow, and a slightly wide light vehicle won’t fit through. There’s nowhere to turn round except near the lodge or the church. The access road to the village from Orpierre is very narrow, with little room for vehicles to pass each other. If there are too many tourists, you’re in for a real struggle!

At the start of the route, is there nowhere to park the car?

We had trouble finding the right path on the right marked ‘Col de l’Étoile’; we took the path through the lavender field a little earlier, as the GPX track indicated… However, you have to carry on along the DFCI path to find the famous wooden sign.
In the middle of the lavender fields, after several attempts to spot the ‘yellow’ markings, we found the right path through the woods towards the Col de l’Étoile.

Be careful: the path is very, very stony and unstable (making it difficult to walk down).
Very quickly, we reached the famous section across a marly scree slope described in the guide as ‘a somewhat tricky crossing’. The narrow path hugs the dusty slope; it does not appear to be ‘reasonably level’. The risk of slipping 50 metres down was too great, so we turned back. The descent was difficult due to the multitude of small stones on the path.

We decided to do the route the other way round, via the DFCI track. It was a track in full sun, with little to offer. We turned back at the Col de l’Adrechon as we didn’t want to face that marl scree section again!

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