Bousiéyas – The Waterfall - Torrent de Vens loop from Col de Restefond

Road cycling routes

France

Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur

Provence

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Nice

Saint-Dalmas-Le-Selvage

Bousiéyas – The Waterfall - Torrent de Vens loop from Col de Restefond

Hard

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(14)

696

riders

Bousiéyas – The Waterfall - Torrent de Vens loop from Col de Restefond

03:52

58.9km

1,820m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: September 26, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 23.5 km for 53 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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2.96 km

Col de la Bonette

Mountain Pass

6.21 km

Caserne de Restefond

Ruins

7.67 km

Faux col de Restefond

Mountain Pass

10.5 km

Cime de la Bonette Summit

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Climb to do at dawn from Barcelonnette, a lot of marmots and less motorcycles ;-)

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17.8 km

View of the beautiful route to the Col de la Bonette

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Equally spectacular on the way up or down. In 06/2019, the road condition on the entire southern ramp was very neat, so downhill a very enjoyable driving was possible.

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23.5 km

Bousiéyas

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Bousieyas is a superb little village in the Mercantour National Park. In particular, there is a communal gîte which also serves as a café-restaurant, as well as several guest rooms.

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23.7 km

National park Mercantour map and regulations

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29.2 km

The Waterfall - Torrent de Vens

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A beautiful waterfall rushes here directly next to the road to the valley - the cool air, which he brings, is at the driveway welcome cooling. In the downhill, you …

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36.2 km

Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region. It belongs to the Arrondissement of Nice, to the canton of Tourrette-Levens and is a member of the Métropole Nice Côte d’Azur. The residents call themselves Stéphanois.

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36.7 km

Le Crayon Cassé

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Perfect pit stop on your way down from La Bonnette

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36.8 km

Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée

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Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée is a pretty mountain town of 1,400 inhabitants, located in the heart of the Mercantour National Park.

Famous in winter for its ski resort of Auron, the city does …

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58.9 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

51.9 km

6.39 km

524 m

116 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

58.5 km

153 m

112 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (2,780 m)

Lowest point (1,140 m)

Weather

Today

Thursday 8 October

10°C

1°C

17 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 7.0 km/h

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Comments

June 22, 2023,4/5 Salade Niçoise: Cime de la Bonette🚵‍♂️

Monument Suprème today🏔! Highest pass in Europe, according to the French then🫡. After 1.5 hours super nice car ride out in Saint Etienne de Tinée. From there 25km😲 climb from approx. 1300 to 2862m💪🏼. Hopefully unlike until 2011 now possible incl. the Cime, the last artificial steep km🤞🏻. I find the Bonette with 6-7% a nice running climb, also went …

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