Authion: Cime de Tuor hike

 

Cime de Tuor in sight


North of  Authion, several summits lie next to the GR52  trail soon after the Pointe des trois Communes and signpost # 410. 

We wanted to explore Cime de Tuor (2151 m,) well visible from Authion and with its steep southern flank quite impressive despite the elevation just 100 m or so more than that of Authion.


Cabane de Tueis
Cabane de Tueis
GR52 from Cabane de Tueis
GR52 from Cabane de Tueis
Cime du Diable seen from Authion
Cime du Diable seen from Authion
Pointe des Trois Communes
Pointe des Trois Communes

From Cabane de Tueis parking (1889 m), we headed east following GR52 and ascended along a panoramic ridge. We passed some ruined barracks and reached signpost #410 next to Pointe des trois Communes. We descended to Baisse de St-Véran (1836 m) and climbed along the eastern flank of Cime de Tuor to Col de Raus. Here we left the GR52.

 Maps indicate a path to the summit but in reality it was almost ingrown and invisible. A bit higher, we passed remnants of old bunkers. We settled for the northern  fore summit where we had our picnic before returning to Col de Raus then back to our starting point.


Cime de Tuor northern flank
Cime de Tuor northern flank
View east from Cime de Tuor
View east from Cime de Tuor
Steep northern flank Cime de Tuor
Steep northern flank Cime de Tuor
Cime de Tuor fore summit
Cime de Tuor fore summit
GR52 south of Col de Raus
GR52 south of Col de Raus

This itinerary which ran entirely above the tree line, offered panorama views all the way. The southernmost 2500 m+ peaks (Such as Cime du Diable, Mont Capelet Superieur) were just in front of us in the north. Choose a day with good visibility when hiking in this region.


Climb: 710 m
Distance: 11,4 km
Duration: 4h 30
Map : 3741 OT Vallée de la Vésubie


Cime de Tuor hike track



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