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Col de L'Echarasson
This is a small forest summit above
the stunning Combe de Laval road to Col de la Machine.
This road is actually older than the Combe de
Laval road. Using this small peaceful raod allows
for an even greater variety of loop rides,
combining numerous small summits and passes.
The route over this passed is signed as closed.
For cyclists this means, that there is even less
traffic to content with. A shallow 300ft climb
leads to a ruin in the forest, next to a Col sign
From South-2. There is
actually very little evidence of a destroyed road,
that the "closed" road signs warns about. The
narrow track through the forest rejoins the Col de
la Machine ascent a short distance below the Combe
de Laval section
The three pictures below are during a late
afternoon descent to St Jean en Royan, that can be
common to several passes in this area, Col de
L'Echarasson, Col
de la Machine, Font d'Urle s(u),
Col de Carri, and
probably others.
A Dayride with this point as intermediate summit is on page: Font d'Urle s(u) History This quiet forgotten plateau top road is nothing like its famous neighbor, the road over Col de la Machine via the Combe de Laval. But it is older and was used previous to the construction of the road over Combe de Laval. The reason for the construction of the road over Col de l'Echarasson was economic. Wanting to exploit the mines in the area, the church needed a lot of firewood, that grew on the nearby forested high plateaus, amongst them the Foret de Lente. The road over Col de l"Echarasson replaced a more circuitous road, that could be used to access the forest, to the east of this road.  |
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