The route
Chemin de Stevenson
263.7 km, 7,970 m of climbing: the Chemin de Stevenson (GR 70) crosses the Velay and the Cévennes, from Le Puy-en-Velay to Alès.
Drawn with a pen, line by line
- Distance
- 263.7 km
- Elevation gain
- 7,970 m
- Highest point
- 1,697 m
- Summits, passes and villages
- 63
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The route in numbers
Indicative figures computed by Plotrek on its illustrative route, with altitudes from a terrain model. They may differ from the organiser's.
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Reading the route
The Chemin de Stevenson, or GR 70, starts in Le Puy-en-Velay at 640 m and reaches Alès through the Velay, the Gévaudan and the Cévennes. The route covers 263.7 km with 7,970 m of climbing. In 1878, Robert Louis Stevenson walked through the Cévennes in 12 days with the donkey Modestine.
Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille lies at km 19.3, Pradelles at km 57.7 and Langogne at km 63.7. The path then reaches Le Bleymard at km 140.3, followed by the Sommet de Finiels. After Le Pont-de-Montvert (km 159.9) it crosses the Col du Sapet (km 173) and drops to Florac Trois Rivières (km 184.7).
The high point is the Sommet de Finiels, at 1,697 m, at km 149.1. The longest climb gains 628 m, from km 139.8 to km 149.1. Past the Col de la Pierre Plantée (km 212.3) and Saint-Jean-du-Gard (km 239.1), the crossing ends in Alès, at 127 m, at km 263.7.
Paths and places: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Altitudes measured on the route.
03 · Your poster
The route, drawn with a pen
The relief of the crossing, from Le Puy-en-Velay to Alès, takes shape in contour lines: our pen plotter draws it with a pen, line by line. Your name and your dates sit in the cartouche, in A4, A3 or A2.
Shipped from our workshop in Le Bouscat
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Official information
- Illustrative route redrawn by Plotrek from public data: the course announced by the organiser and OpenStreetMap paths. It is not the official course of the event.
- Altitudes: terrain model AWS Terrain Tiles
- Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Figures and text: Plotrek