Beure car park - Plaine de la Queyrie - Pas des Chattons

A day's walk to discover the diversity of the landscapes of the Vercors Regional Nature Park's high plateaus and their exceptional flora and fauna.

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    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 22.22 km
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    Average duration: 8h 55 
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    Difficulty: Moderate

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    Back to start: Yes
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    Ascent: + 891 m
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    Descent: - 897 m

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    Highest point: 1,931 m
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    Lowest point: 1,391 m

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Description of the walk

(S/E) Beure car park, accessible from the Col de Rousset station.
- Follow the "discovery trail". It takes you up to a higher altitude and ends with some interesting information panels. You then descend via theGR®93.
- TheGR®93takes you to the "Pas des Econdus". Follow the path to reach the "Cabane de Pré Peyret" .

(1) Continue along an ascending path on steep terrain heading east (not the path towards Pison or Coche).

(2) The Plaine de la Queyrie stretches out before you: a vast, fairly arid valley. The vegetation consists of a few shrubs and, above all, a particular tree, the famous "Arbre Taillé".
You will see a path climbing up, continuing the valley, allowing you to leave the plain towards "le Pas des Hollowed-out Tree Trunks Serving as Drinking Troughs".

- It's uphill. Remember to turn around from time to time, as the view is splendid. But it's in front of you that the spectacle is most beautiful, as you get closer to the Grand Veymont.
- The path leads you to the Cabane des Aiguillettes, a tiny refuge at the foot of the Grand Veymont.

(3) You will pass by the Roman quarries and then through "le Pas des Chattons". The path heads west through the rocky terrain.
Follow this path until you see "La Grande Cabane Bergerie".

(4) Then take theGR®91, which passes right in front of the Cabane des Aiguillettes.

(5) At this point, be careful: the path disappears, so you need to follow the red and white markings painted on cairns, which fortunately are never very far apart.
Follow this track, which becomes a proper path again. After leaving the forest, the path makes a short turn, so look for a path heading west.

(6) Follow it through pastures and undergrowth until you reach the GTV trail you arrived on.
Follow the GTV and then theGR®93westwards. They will take you back to the Beure car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 1,397 m - Beure car park
  2. 1 : km 5.99 - alt. 1,601 m - Cabane de Pré Peyret
  3. 2 : km 6.39 - alt. 1,620 m - Ascending path on steep terrain towards the east.
  4. 3 : km 8.26 - alt. 1,781 m - Carrières Romaines
  5. 4 : km 9.9 - alt. 1,916 m - GR°°®°°91 - Pas des Bachassons (1903m)
  6. 5 : km 10.62 - alt. 1,900 m - Towards the - Cabane des Aiguillettes (1880m)
  7. 6 : km 16.28 - alt. 1,622 m - Path heading west
  8. S/E : km 22.22 - alt. 1,397 m - Beure car park

Notes

- 2 litres of water per person recommended.
- You can fill your water bottle at Cabane de Pré Peyret, either at Fontaine des Endettés or at the temporary springs. We didn't see any other water sources along our route, but there is also one at Cabane des Aiguillettes.
- Good walking shoes are essential. The terrain is often rocky!
- Walking sticks: we didn't have any, which was a shame.
- We did this hike in one day, taking our time. We arrived at the Beure car park at 9.30 a.m., took a one-hour break under the Arbre Taillé, and returned to the car park at 6.30 p.m.
- Camera! Binoculars for observing marmots and vultures.
- IGN map and compass highly recommended.
- Sweater or even windbreaker, as it gets chilly at altitude.

This route passes through multiple protected areas, which may be subject to special regulations:

Worth a visit

- Lots of marmots spotted in the Plaine de Queyrie! And what's more, they whistle at you, the cheeky things!
- Vultures. "I'm not dead yet!!!".
- Exceptional flora.
- Spectacular views. The great wild spaces of the Vercors!
- Rocky chaos that fires the imagination.

Always be cautious and plan ahead when you're outdoors. Visorando and the author of this route cannot be held responsible for any accidents occurring on this route.

The GR® and PR® markings are the intellectual property of the Fédération Française de Randonnée Pédestre.

Reviews and comments

4.5 / 5
Based on 10 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.4 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.5 / 5
Route interest
4.6 / 5
Claude R3.
Claude R3.

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 25, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

Interesting in spring to discover wild tulips and in all seasons to catch a glimpse of griffon vultures

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atraver
atraver

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : May 19, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

On the way back, after the short climb above the Peyret hut, be sure to follow the cairns and markings that turn left; we continued straight ahead because there was a small path...

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bitch1312
bitch1312

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 02, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A magnificent walk across the high plateaus of the Vercors, with no particular difficulties apart from the distance, which should not be underestimated. Water can be obtained from the hollowed-out tree trunk serving as drinking trough.

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J3rome
J3rome

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 31, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Route completed on 31/12/22: very few people out and about that day. Snow only at the highest point of the route. Done without snowshoes, although snowshoes might have been useful at the foot of Veymont and at the start of the descent.
The description is reliable, but my GPS (as well as that of a hiker I met at this point) indicated a total elevation gain of around 800m when I reached the highest point of the hike (around 1900m) and 1200m in total on the way back to the car park, for a distance of 25km. The walk on the plateau is far from flat.
The description states 22 km and 800 m of elevation gain, which seems optimistic!
So be aware of the length of the route. In winter, we were happy to return to the car park at 5pm after a 7.5-hour outing without dawdling (it was very windy, so we kept our breaks to a minimum).

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yoguini
yoguini

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 12, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

PLEASE NOTE: THE ENDETTES FOUNTAIN IS NO LONGER FLOWING AT ALL!! 9 September 2018

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bibi
bibi ★

Thank you for these clarifications, which I have just added to the description.

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sissi020564
sissi020564

The path is marked, but there are no signs on the board. Do not turn towards Pison or La Coche.

At the large hut, the GR passes right in front of the sheepfold, and we went over the top.

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bibi
bibi ★

Thank you for this feedback on the hike. What should be added to the description so that hikers can be sure of their choice of route?
Kind regards

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sissi020564
sissi020564

Overall rating : 2.7 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 14, 2016
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing

There was a slight uncertainty at the Pré Peyret hut because the path to take was not signposted.
At the large hut, it took us a while to find the GR trail as well.
We left at 10:10 a.m. and returned at 5:20 p.m. without stopping much.
The section between the Pré Peyret hut and the Pas des Chatons is a bit long and monotonous, but it's the most interesting part.

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naomie
naomie

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 25, 2016
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Just my personal opinion... You should count on more like 25, almost 26 km for this hike... In summer, plan on a little more than 2 litres of water per person because the Peyret spring is unreliable in very hot weather...The Queyrie plain is superb, and we had a picnic on a carpet of edelweiss at an altitude of 1,800 metres! The return journey is a bit long but it's a magnificent hike, definitely worth doing!!!

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Serberd
Serberd

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 03, 2016
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A very pleasant hike; beautiful, wide grassy plateaus; stunning views of Grand Veymont; marmots... in short, we had a wonderful time.

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mimi26
mimi26

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 19, 2014
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A very beautiful hike in fine weather, enjoying the Vercors plateaus; shame the marmots have gone into hibernation! It feels like winter is coming!
The Pré Peyret hut is temporarily closed for renovation (until 31 October, I think). It will be great (it needed it).
Best regards.

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mimi26
mimi26

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 10, 2014
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A very beautiful hike, somewhat challenging due to its length, accompanied by marmots.
You pass by the Carrières Romaines, a local curiosity! Note that one spring is located at the start of the descent from the Pas de Hollowed-out Tree Trunk (Pas des Bachassons) before turning left towards the Cabane des Aiguillettes; the other is 100 metres further on, a little beyond the Cabane de Pré Peyret (Source des Endettés) in the direction of the Pas de Chabrinel.
Worth doing if you're in the area. Also suitable for snowshoes (to be shortened).
Best regards to fellow hikers!

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