Le Ranc de Banes
Key facts
- Distance
- 13.6 km
- Ascent
- +893 m
- Descent
- −786 m
- Estimated time
- 4 hr 55
- hiking
- Difficulty
- Difficult
- official rating
- Route
- Loop
- back to the start
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 8.5 km under 10%, 2.7 km at 10 to 20% and 2.4 km over 20%. Elevation from 168 m to 673 m over 13.6 km.
Description
Signposts will guide you all along this route. In the description below, the signposted place names and/or directions are given in “bold italics between quotation marks”: - This walk is taken from the guidebook Autour de Ganges et Sumène published by the Communauté de Communes des Cévennes Gangeoises et Suménoises as part of the collection Espaces Naturels Gardois et Héraultais.
Difficulty
Official rating: difficult, by Parc national des Cévennes.
Getting there
Start: Sumène - Avenue de la Gare, Sumène (30).
Sources
- Track: Parc national des Cévennes, Licence Ouverte 1.0, Licence Ouverte 1.0 (Etalab) (destination.cevennes-parcnational.fr/trek/98507-Le-Ranc-de-Banes). Time estimated by GPX Path with the Mac app rule, breaks not included.
- Official elevation gain: 893 m, Parc national des Cévennes
Nearby tracks
© OpenStreetMap, SRTM · OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA)The path of Ranc de Banes
Cévennes, Sumène (30) · LoopOfficial rating by Parc national des Cévennes
© OpenStreetMap, SRTM · OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA)Col de l’Agas
Cévennes, Sumène (30) · Out and backOfficial rating by Parc national des Cévennes
© OpenStreetMap, SRTM · OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA)The ridge
Cévennes, Sumène (30) · LoopOfficial rating by Parc national des Cévennes
© OpenStreetMap, SRTM · OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA)Courpatas
Cévennes, Sumène (30) · LoopOfficial rating by Parc national des Cévennes
© OpenStreetMap, SRTM · OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA)Camias trail
Cévennes, Saint-André-de-Majencoules (30) · LoopOfficial rating by Parc national des Cévennes
© OpenStreetMap, SRTM · OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA)La Clastre chapel
Cévennes, Roquedur (30) · LoopOfficial rating by Parc national des Cévennes