Le Lançonnet - La Sagne

A loop with varied landscapes, passing through different biotopes (rhododendron moorland) and a beautiful serpentine.

Access info: Le Pont de la Serre can be reached from Colmars-Les-Alpes via a bumpy 8 km forest track (30 min. drive). Bring a vehicle with sufficient ground clearance. Motorhome access impossible.
This trail is open from June to October. Closed by a barrier in winter.

From the Pont de la Serre (1,633 m), follow the path up the slope towards the Lançonnet pastoral hut and quickly reach a crossroads.
At the marker indicating Le Bois Noir (1,660 m), turn left. The path winds its way up through the forest. At the next intersection, continue in the same direction: the path crosses a sandstone slab and offers a view of the Lance valley. Higher up, the slope becomes gentler and the path crosses a former logging area where cembro pines have settled in, along with blueberries and iron rhododendrons. Exit onto the Lançonnet plateau and reach the hut.
Turn right in front of the hut and wind your way up to the ridge separating the Lançonnet and Sagne valleys. Cross the ridge and descend to the cabane de la Sagne (follow the cairns).
Pass the hut and follow the path down into the alpine pasture. It then crosses under rocky bars and into the forest. Reach the Crouès crossroads. Descend to the right and reach another fork in a clearing.
You'll come to the Pluhautière sign (1,960 m), and follow an old forest trail to the right. It leads to a clearing overgrown with raspberry bushes. At its end, a path twists and turns downhill towards La Lance and the parking lot.