Isola Village – The Waterfall - Torrent de Vens loop from Rimplas

Road cycling routes

France

Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur

Provence

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Nice

Rimplas

Isola Village – The Waterfall - Torrent de Vens loop from Rimplas

Hard

4.6

(23)

965

riders

Isola Village – The Waterfall - Torrent de Vens loop from Rimplas

06:34

117km

2,600m

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 25, 2026

Tips

Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 46.5 km for 25.0 km

Closed: • October-May (otherwise open)

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.19 km

PO de Fressinéa

Fort

18.3 km

Isola Village

Highlight • Settlement

Isola is always a haven of peace for me, where I take a deserved break in the park at the foot of the Romanesque bell tower. Its fountain is always pleasantly cool in summer.

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33.1 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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33.4 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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57.9 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 …

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59.0 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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62.9 km

Raspaillon Pass

Highlight • Mountain Pass

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

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66.2 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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77.6 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 …

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117 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

115 km

1.25 km

327 m

Surfaces

116 km

399 m

360 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (2,780 m)

Lowest point (450 m)

Weather

Friday 9 October

12°C

6°C

27 %

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Comments

September 11, 2023,Route des Grandes Alpes, Tag 7, Cime de la Bonette

Video about the route:

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August 27, 2021,Transalp 2021: 6. Etappe: Col de la Bonette

For the "royal tour" to the Cime de la Bonette, we choose a day with "imperial weather".
After a fabulous breakfast at Valérie's, we leave. The sun ☀️ accompanies us on our first few meters. From the country road in Jausiers, a junction leads us to la Bonette. It goes uphill early - on the first 20 km we have …

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