Tour du Baou par la voie romaine (parcours VTT n°24)
Key facts
- Distance
- 26.4 km
- Ascent
- +977 m
- Descent
- −947 m
- Estimated time
- 3 hr 45
- mtb
- Difficulty
- Difficult
- official rating
- Route
- Loop
- back to the start
Official time: 3 h 30 min
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 19.4 km under 10% and 7.0 km at 10 to 20%. Elevation from 693 m to 1,331 m over 26.4 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 15%
- Dirt & gravel 85%
- Path types
- Trail 32%
- Track 53%
- Road 15%
Difficulty
Official rating: difficult, by Département des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
Getting there
Start: Place rue principale - D23, La-Palud-sur-Verdon, La Palud-sur-Verdon (04).
Sources
- Track: Département des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, PDIPR, Licence Ouverte 2.0, Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab) (www.datasud.fr/fr/dataset/datasets/1394/). Time estimated by GPX Path with the Mac app rule, breaks not included.
- Official time: 3 h 30 min, datasud.fr
- Surface and path types: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, extract of 28 October 2026, matched to the track every 10 m (openstreetmap.org/copyright)
- Official elevation gain: 977 m, Département des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
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