Combe des Champannes loop
Embrun

Combe des Champannes loop

Fauna
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Discover Embrun's wild coombes, those gaps in the black earth forest that stretch right down to the edge of the lake.
The busy banks of Embrun's lake quickly give way to wild, wooded stretches that open out into nothing more than deep coombes and the black earth so characteristic of the region. The descent, which is as winding as you could wish, leaves little time to gaze into the opaline waters of the lake.

Description

  1. From the beach car park, head up the central path towards the Durance then turn right once on the banks to go alongside the lake. Then turn left onto the road after the yacht club reception. Follow the road until you reach the track. Follow the hairpin path up through the pines, following the trail. At the end of the forest, as the area opens up, the path turns into a carriageway and leads to the Departmental road linking Embrun to Puy-Sanières.
  2. Drive down the Departmental road then turn right after a few hundred metres. A single-track path winds its way down over the lake to the track used on the outward journey. Turn left onto the track just after passing under a small tunnel, then return along the same route.
  • Departure : Lake Embrun
  • Arrival : Lake Embrun
  • Towns crossed : Embrun and Puy-Sanières

Altimetric profile

Information desks

Tourist office Embrun

Place Général Dosse - BP 49, 05202 Embrun

https://www.serreponcon-tourisme.com/embrun@serreponcon-tourisme.com0492437272

October to march : Monday to Saturday, 9.00 - 12.30 & 13.30 - 17.00. 
April, may, june & september : Monday to Saturday, 9.00 - 12.30 & 14.30 - 18.00
July and August : Monday to Saturday, 9.00 - 19.00. Sundays, 10.00 - 12.30 & 16.00 - 19.00


On French national holidays (except 14th of July and 15th of August) : 9am to 1pm. Closed on the 1st of January, 1st of May, 25th December and 11th November
Closed on Thursdays outside French holidays’ periods

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Access and parking

Take the N94 from Gap or Briançon, then head towards the lake at Embrun.

Parking :

Beach car park, Embrun

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