Distance 10.9km
Elevation 630m
Duration 4h
Difficulty Difficult
The blade of Facibelle is a curiosity of the Geopark of Haute-Provence: a veil of rock erected 50 meters high. This hike is a journey through time as it allows the visit of two isolated hamlets in the Bès valley, Pudoyer and Tanaron.
Description
From the car park, the path crosses the Bès on a suspended footbridge then climbs through a magnificent beech forest to the Fubi pass, passing at the foot of the spectacular Facibelle blade. After the abandoned hamlet of Pudoyer, the route continues across the southern slope then east passing through the hamlet of Tanaron and the Rocher de la Tour where Pierre Gassendi made his observations of the moon in the XNUMXth century.
The Facibelle blade is a miracle of balance. This 50-meter-high rock veil rises in the center of the famous Vélodrome site. At the gateway to the Bès Valley, this immense blade of sandstone molasse, erected vertically and isolated by erosion, defies time and gravity. The rocks that make up the Vélodrome are less than 20 million years old and were partly deposited in a shallow sea bordered by reliefs, the last to bathe our landscapes.
Type : Marked loop
Distance : 10.9km
Elevation : 630m
Duration : 4h
Difficulty : Difficult
Max altitude : 1261m
Marking details
Yellow (PR)