Font d'Urle / Omblèze (stage 13)
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13. Font d'Urle / Omblèze (stage 13)
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With its vast meadows, forests and clearings, the plateau of Ambel is steeped in the history of the Resistance in the Vercors. Nowadays it is an immense summer pasture listed as a nature conservation area and owned by the department of the Drôme, where the wide, open spaces are all yours.
The flora and fauna are particularly rich between the northern and southern Prealps.
The flora and fauna are particularly rich between the northern and southern Prealps.
1 point of interest
Ambel - S&M Booth The plateau d'Ambel
The Plateau d'Ambel is a "sensitive natural space" where flowers are forbidden. At the heart of a limestone fold of the Vercors, the Plateau d'Ambel consists of vast lawns and a mosaic of clearings and forests. Between the pre-Alps of the north and the south, the fauna and the flora are particularly rich. The summer of the cows and horses are in the summer.
Description
From Font d'Urle, head towards Pas de l'Infernet (1) and Pas de la Ferrière (2) before crossing the beautiful pastures of Ambel plateau via Tubanet summer pasture to reach Tête de la Dame (4) at a height of 1,506 meters. Navigating is straightforward in clear weather, but thick fog can complicate orientation due to the many trails left by roaming herds. Leaving on your right the rock of Toulau that watches over the Ambel plateau, the route descends once more to the village of Omblèze, which is made up of several hamlets, including Les Arbods.
- Departure : Font d'Urle (car park)
- Arrival : Les Arbods (municipality of Omblèze)
- Towns crossed : Bouvante, Omblèze, and Saint-Julien-en-Quint
Forecast
Sensitive areas
Along your trek, you will go through sensitive areas related to the presence of a specific species or environment. In these areas, an appropriate behaviour allows to contribute to their preservation. For detailed information, specific forms are accessible for each area.
Amber plateau summer pasture
Alpine pasture partially grazed and protected from June to September; only herding dogs are allowed on the alpine pasture during the summer period.
- Impacted practices:
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- Sensitivity periods:
- JunJulAugSep
- Contact:
- Association de Développement et d’Économie Montagnarde de la Drôme accueil@adem-drome.fr
Parc du Vercors info@pnr-vercors.fr
Golden eagle
- Impacted practices:
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- Sensitivity periods:
- JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
- Contact:
Griffon vulture
- Impacted practices:
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- Sensitivity periods:
- JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugDec
- Contact:
- nicolas.renous@pnr-vercors.fr
Recommandations
Be careful, as you are momentarily in mountain pasture areas, you may come across herd protection dogs, often Patous.
Make sure you always go around the herds, remaining calm while the guard dog identifies you, and don't pet or threaten them!
Dogs are not allowed anywhere on the Font d'Urle plateau (a nature conservation area) from June 1 to October 30.
Use the passageways to cross the fences, close the gates and barriers.
Stay on the marked paths is also respect private property.
Make sure you always go around the herds, remaining calm while the guard dog identifies you, and don't pet or threaten them!
Dogs are not allowed anywhere on the Font d'Urle plateau (a nature conservation area) from June 1 to October 30.
Use the passageways to cross the fences, close the gates and barriers.
Stay on the marked paths is also respect private property.
Herd protection dogs
In the mountain pastures, the guard dogs are there to protect the herds from predators.
When I hike, I adapt my behaviour by going around the herd and pausing so that the dog can identify me.
Click here to see the video : c'est quoi au juste un chien de protection ?
Information desks
Place Pietri, 26 420 La Chapelle-en-Vercors
13 Place de l'Eglise, 26190 Saint-Jean-en-Royans
Transport
The nearest village with good transport links is Vassieux en Vercors. You will then have to hitchhike to get to the Fond d'Urle station.
To get to Vassieux :
By bus: line 05: Valence-Vassieux-en-Vercors.
By hitchhiking: Find all the stops to go to or from Vassieux on www.rezopouce.fr.
By car-pooling : Share or book your car-sharing with Mov'Ici, the regional car-sharing platform.
To get to Vassieux :
By bus: line 05: Valence-Vassieux-en-Vercors.
By hitchhiking: Find all the stops to go to or from Vassieux on www.rezopouce.fr.
By car-pooling : Share or book your car-sharing with Mov'Ici, the regional car-sharing platform.
Access and parking
From Vassieux-en-Vercors, head for Font d'Urle on the D76 departmental road as far as Chaud Clapier, then take the D76b.
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