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

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France

Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur

Provence

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Nice

Saint-Étienne-De-Tinée

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

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

04:23

66.6km

2,140m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 16, 2026

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Closed: • October-May (otherwise open)

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7.73 km

Ascent of Col de la Bonette from Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

The road is mostly in good condition (June 2019) and relatively easy to ride. The gradient is moderate, the curves are mostly clear, and traffic is generally light. However, there …

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32.2 km

Col de la Bonette

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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 …

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33.3 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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34.2 km

View from Col de la Bonette

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37.2 km

Col de Raspaillon

Mountain Pass

40.6 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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46.5 km

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52.0 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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59.0 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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66.6 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

65.8 km

810 m

Surfaces

66.5 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (2,780 m)

Lowest point (1,150 m)

Weather

Saturday 22 August

23°C

9°C

20 %

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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 Auron

Ascent of Col de la Bonette from Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée

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Cime de la Bonette Summit

View from Col de la Bonette

View of the beautiful route to the Col de la Bonette

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