Mont de la Plane or Sommet de la Loubatière

Thank you for your comments; I have just changed the position of the (6).

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Date of your route : Aug 05, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk, starting with a forest trail and then moving through mountain pastures in the second half. The steepest section is between points 6 and 7, but it’s nothing too difficult. A marvellous 360° panorama.
However, nothing has improved since the last comment on 11 September 2020. At point 6, you do indeed need to leave the main path and turn 90 degrees to the left onto a track. This track is clearly marked on the IGN map and well identified on the ground by two cairns and loose rocks marking its start on either side. However, when using GPS, point 6 as identified by the author takes you higher up than these two cairns. You must therefore be careful to spot the two cairns before reaching point 6 as shown on the GPS, so that you can turn left. Could the author perhaps amend the route recorded on the GPS (?)
Like Gazoulette, at point 5 we turned left to climb a few metres and cross the Doire, ending up on a flat path deep in the forest. We left a path climbing to the left, passed under the Brousset chairlift and found ourselves at a junction of tracks and paths. We took the third path on the right (the first two being uninteresting tracks). The path descends through a mix of woodland and meadows, leading to the ice rink.

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Date of your route : Sep 11, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A rather pleasant route offering some lovely panoramic views, though it’s quite steep in places. Like others, we didn’t spot the two cairns marking the change of direction towards the small pass. No matter, as you can rejoin the path a little further on by cutting across the slope. However, on the way back, at point 5, we took the path heading off to the left, which took us on a lovely circular loop, offering views we hadn’t seen on the way out. We rejoined the morning’s path at point 3.

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Thank you for letting me know.

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Date of your route : Sep 05, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant hike, though with some tricky sections over scree.
Beautiful views of the Italian side.

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Date of your route : Aug 07, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

August 2020 – Warning: mud and gravel slide between point 5 and point 6: keep well to the right towards the forest (do not go straight up!!!)

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Date of your route : Aug 05, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

I can confirm that at point 6 you need to be careful to take the turn-off towards the pass, and I’d add that the slope becomes very steep from there. Otherwise, the view is superb.

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Date of your route : Jul 01, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

An absolutely stunning route. And the panoramic view once you arrive is breathtaking.
The only difficulty, in my opinion, is the climb up to Mont de la Plane when you have to leave the path heading towards Small Pass. The path is invisible!! So here’s a tip: it’s marked by two small cairns on the left of the path. That’s the only landmark to tell you that you need to climb up there. Head straight up and join the path above the cairn that you can see from below, which leads up to Mont de la Plane.

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