This is a cue sheet for the Plascassier, Opio, Valbonne, Casteleras, Mouans Sartoux tour Running / Walking Route. You can print it out for later use.
Cumulative | Distance | Where | Notes | Direction | Elevation | |
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0km | 0km | Plascassier | Park somewhere near this roundabout e.g. in the Super U car park | NNE | 21° | 0m |
0.6km | 0.6km | Turn right at the roundabout | NE | 37° | 0m | |
0.6km | 0km | Bear left down the steep hill | NE | 31° | 0m | |
1.7km | 1.1km | Turn left onto Chemin des Colles | NNW | 357° | 0m | |
1.9km | 0.2km | Chateauneuf | Turn right to remain on the Chemin des Colles | ENE | 67° | 0m |
2.4km | 0.5km | Opio | Turn right to go up the hill towards Club Med | SE | 117° | 0m |
2.9km | 0.5km | Turn left to go down Chemin des Croix | NNW | 338° | 0m | |
3.3km | 0.4km | Minor shortcut - turn right to go straight to the roundabout if you want to | NNW | 332° | 0m | |
3.6km | 0.2km | Cross over the road somewhere around here | E | 87° | 0m | |
3.8km | 0.2km | Left at the roundabout | NNE | 22° | 0m | |
4.3km | 0.5km | Turn right down the track here. | S | 178° | 0m | |
4.4km | 0.1km | Turn left | SE | 119° | 0m | |
5.4km | 1.1km | Right at Chemin du Rance | SSW | 185° | 0m | |
6.1km | 0.7km | Go straight across the road and up the overgrown track | SSW | 182° | 0m | |
6.4km | 0.2km | Short cut if you turn left down the hill on Chemin de Tameye | NNW | 324° | 0m | |
6.9km | 0.5km | Left on to Chemin du Camarnier (again) | W | 251° | 0m | |
7.4km | 0.5km | Turn left at Chemin de la Louisiane | SSW | 191° | 0m | |
8km | 0.6km | At the bottom of the slope there is a track to the right by the side of a stream (often dry). Take this track. | S | 174° | 0m | |
8.2km | 0.2km | turn left when you get onto the tarmac again | SE | 122° | 0m | |
8.6km | 0.3km | Turn right to continue down the hill into Valbonne | SSW | 188° | 0m | |
8.8km | 0.2km | Valbonne | If you are doing this for fitness then cross over the D4 and go straight down the hill. If you want to be a tourist then cut into old Valbonne and wander a bit. | SSE | 156° | 0m |
8.9km | 0.1km | Take any road you feel lke here - just meander down to the bottom of the hill. | SSW | 190° | 0m | |
9.4km | 0.4km | Turn right down Chemin de Parrou | SW | 222° | 0m | |
10.1km | 0.8km | Unfortunately you have to run on the main road for a few hundred meters here. Just be careful! | WSW | 234° | 0m | |
10.4km | 0.3km | Turn right onto Chemin de Peyrebelle/Ch de Font Cuberete then left on to the latter road | W | 258° | 0m | |
10.9km | 0.5km | left up the steep hill... | WSW | 236° | 0m | |
11.2km | 0.3km | Right at the roundabout - there's a cyclepath you can run on but caution is advised as the road is fairly busy | NNW | 322° | 0m | |
12.1km | 0.8km | Left onto Chemin du Castelleras (or of course you can short cut to the end going down the hill to Super U via Chemin des Groulles) | W | 254° | 0m | |
12.7km | 0.6km | Great views here | S | 158° | 0m | |
13.2km | 0.5km | Right down Chemin des Lavandieres | WSW | 237° | 0m | |
13.4km | 0.2km | Be careful its very steep! | WNW | 275° | 0m | |
13.6km | 0.2km | Another short cut possibility - turn right along Chemin des Adrets. | SSW | 185° | 0m | |
13.9km | 0.3km | The extended run turns left here along the canal. Obvious alternaives include turning right on the canal or going straight on | S | 168° | 0m | |
14.3km | 0.4km | Turn right at the road and go down some more steep hill | NNW | 359° | 0m | |
15km | 0.6km | Take the underpass to go under the railway | W | 250° | 0m | |
15.4km | 0.5km | Mouans Sartoux | NNW | 335° | 0m | |
15.5km | 0km | Turn right by the post office and run past the Petanque court | E | 71° | 0m | |
15.9km | 0.4km | Up the steps and over the railway on the footbridge | NE | 32° | 0m | |
16.1km | 0.3km | Take care at this pont where the path kind of dies for a moment | NE | 35° | 0m | |
16.3km | 0.1km | Cross over the road here | E | 79° | 0m | |
16.4km | 0.1km | Turn right up Chemin des Gipieres | NE | 30° | 0m | |
16.7km | 0.3km | Now it's really steep up. Good for the final push .... | NE | 30° | 0m | |
16.8km | 0.2km | Left onto Chemin des Adrets | NNW | 330° | 0m | |
17.6km | 0.8km | Striaght over the roundabout or add a little by going left. | NE | 31° | 0m | |
18km | 0.3km | The end. Enjoy | NNW | 350° | 0m |