Piste de Clausis, pure adventure

Piste de Clausis is a high mountain gravel road located in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France in the Queyras Regional Natural Park. The road is 6.2km long.

Piste de Clausis

The road to is windy and steep (with sections up to 10%), climbing up to Chapelle de Clausis, a high mountain chapel at an elevation of 2.388m (7,834 ft) above the sea level. This is a maintained road where a high clearance 2WD vehicle is able to travel safely at low speeds on long dry straight-of-ways, without losing control due to wash boarding, ruts, or dips. This gravel road can be closed anytime when the access is not cleared of snow.

There are 2 routes to reach the chapel. Starting from Château Queiras, the ascent is 19 km long. Over this distance, the elevation gain is 1.000 meters. The average percentage is 5.3 %. And starting from Molines en Queyras, the ascent is 11.5 km long. Over this distance, the elevation gain is 644 meters. The average percentage is 5.6 %. 
Pic: Tristan Leterrier

 

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