Sentier des gorges de Livet

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Departure point: Musée de la Romanche
Height difference: 100 m
Round trip duration: 3h30
Outward distance: 4 km
Level: easy

MAP:
IGN map: TOP 25 - 3335 OT Grenoble Chamrousse Belledonne

ITINERARY

Turn left at the museum, then take the 1st left up Rue Georges Pelletier.
up Rue Georges Pelletier. Then take the 3rd
alley on the left (at the stop sign), rue des Eaux Claires.
under the canal.
After this, turn right and follow a path until you reach
rue de la Combe Blanche. This connects the
road to the hamlet of Les Ponants. Follow it,
take the footbridge over La Romanche (rather than the bridge) and continue through Les Ponants
Ponants, one of Livet-et-Gavet's original hamlets.
The road again becomes a track (chemin de la
Vigne) for just over a kilometer.
To reach the Himalayan footbridge, take the path on the right, which descends past one of the most popular bouldering sites.
Take the footbridge and continue along the path to the road
road (RD 1091). Cross it (with care!) to reach the hamlet of
hamlet of Les Roberts along the road.
In the hamlet, follow the route des Roberts (2nd left)
which becomes a track. Reach Livet by crossing
RD 1091 again. The Vernes factory is in front of you.
Continue to the right to reach the village of Livet
along the old road. Just before crossing the Romanche
the Keller pavilion (filming location for "Rivières Pourpres" and
Pourpres" and "de l'autre coté du périph'") and you've arrived!
Directional signs all along the route will guide you
guide you

TO SEE ALONG THE WAY:
-The Romanche Museum
-The Himalayan Footbridge
-The Vernes factory
-The Keller Pavilion



INTERESTING FACTS
-The Vernes plant was commissioned in 1918, and classified as a historic monument in 1994.
-The Musée de la Romanche offers exhibitions on the geology and industrial history of the Romanche valley.
-The Himalayan footbridge is 15 m long and 10 m above the bed of the fiery Romanche!