Stevenson Trail 2016


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Day 9 - Pont de Montvert to Florac

10th May 2016

Distance Time Elevation in meters

Km Elapsed
Hrs-Mins Moving
Hrs-Mins Gain Loss Min Max

17.86 4H35 3H37 192 721 540 1,091

After the previous day's walking we were rather apprehensive about the section Pont de Montvert to Florac. This is the longest section and amounts to 27.3 km with a great deal of climbing. The guide book puts the time at 8 hrs 45 mins to complete the route via Bedoues, although there is an option to take the GR68 towards the end to shorten the distance to Florac, as I did last September. The weather forecast was not good..... a repeat of the previous day.... and my chest infection was slowing me down considerably on the big climbs. After looking at all the options, and remembering that we were here to enjoy ourselves, we opted to go to Col de Sapet by car and to start the walk there. This would save 12.7 km and avoid the really tough section for climbing. This seemed to make sense, as even if we had gone onto the high ridge the visibility would not be great, and we would have been susceptible to the high winds. The decision also meant that we would not have to use the short cut of the GR68, and could go via Bedoues.