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The Waterfall - Torrent de Vens – Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée loop from Col de Restefond

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France

Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur

Provence

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Nice

Saint-Dalmas-Le-Selvage

The Waterfall - Torrent de Vens – Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée loop from Col de Restefond

Hard

5.0

(12)

669

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The Waterfall - Torrent de Vens – Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée loop from Col de Restefond

03:48

58.4km

1,810m

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: June 23, 2026

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After 6.28 km for 16.6 km

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After 49.9 km for 8.54 km

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2.96 km

Col de la Bonette

Highlight • Mountain Pass

Don’t look too hard at the Bonette’s claim – seen on signposts the length of the ascent from Jausiers in the north and from Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée in the south – that it is the highest road in Europe. Instead, marvel at the panorama in front of you which will make the debate seem inconsequential.

Col de la Bonette is part of our Montagnes à la Carte series, head over to bit.ly/2Utf27L and claim your badge if you rode this classic.

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6.21 km

Caserne de Restefond

Ruins

7.67 km

Faux col de Restefond

Mountain Pass

10.5 km

Cime de la Bonette Summit

Highlight • Summit

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

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11.4 km

View from Col de la Bonette

Highlight • Viewpoint

14.4 km

Raspaillon Pass

Highlight • Mountain Pass

grandiose view and if you smell it carefully, you can smell the sea :)

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17.8 km

View of the beautiful route to the Col de la Bonette

Highlight • Other

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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18.3 km

Camp des Fourches military camp

Highlight • Historical Site

The Camp des Fourches was part of a set of fortifications protecting the Ubaye valley from potential Italian attacks. This barracks in particular was used by alpine hunters whose mission was to defend the Col des Fourches.

The department wished to preserve and enhance this work, in memory of the mountain troops who fought during the First and Second World Wars. On the site, a set of explanatory panels recounts the history of this place.

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29.2 km

The Waterfall - Torrent de Vens

Highlight • Waterfall

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 may hardly notice this gem of nature, in the narrow hairpin bends, it is advisable to focus attention on the track.

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36.2 km

Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée

Highlight • Settlement

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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58.4 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

51.6 km

6.39 km

292 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

58.1 km

239 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (2,780 m)

Lowest point (1,140 m)

Weather

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Friday 10 July

18°C

11°C

91 %

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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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September 28, 2025,Col de la bonette

I was lucky enough to climb the entire wooded area with the roar of the deer

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The Waterfall - Torrent de Vens – Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée loop from Col de Restefond

Col de la Bonette

Cime de la Bonette Summit

View from Col de la Bonette

Raspaillon Pass

View of the beautiful route to the Col de la Bonette

Camp des Fourches military camp

The Waterfall - Torrent de Vens

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