Ref.Maljasset-Lacs de Roure Boucle 1j

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Start:CHALET DE MALJASSET (FFCAM) End:CHALET DE MALJASSET (FFCAM)

Duration:05h30 Dénivelé positif en été:850 m Dénivelé négatif en été:850 m Distance en été:15.3 km Remarks: WARNING: Route off track. Requires map and compass, or GPS. Description: From the mountain hut of Maljasset (1903 m), take the road on the right. After the cemetery, leave it and take the track on the right that will quickly cross the Ubaye. The track sinks in undergrowth, runs along a creek, then becomes a path edged with shale stone. The pathway will quickly go up in wide zigzags. On reaching a grassy slope, don't take the left pathway that leads to an old quarry, but continue on the GR to the right. This one will gradually rise overlooking the right orographic bank of the stream of Mary. Go past the lower sheepfold of Mary. Then, just before the upper sheepfold, ignore the path on the right leading to the pass of Marinet, but continue straight ahead in the small valley of Mary. 500m further, at the Béal de Roure, leave the GR to take on the left a tiny pathway with cairns that runs along the stream. This path leads to the first lake of Roure. Go past it by its Northern end to continue East / Southeast until the second lake. Go along its Western bank and climb in a South / Southeast direction until you cross a stream that descends from the Tête du Roure. Go down West, following it at your best until reaching the 3rd lake of Roure (2750 m) which you first bypass at its Southern end, then go along its Western bank. Continue North / Northwest until you recover the tiny pathway that you take downhill in a Western direction. Go past the 1st lake, and recover the GR to go back to the mountain hut by the reverse itinerary.