This elegant route with a logical layout goes up a large inclined limestone blade to finish at the top of superb needles that were hitherto inaccessible and little-known. It is probably by similarity with the slender shapes of the coiffed young ladies present in many valleys of the Alps that the name “young ladies” was attributed to these particular geological formations.
The word “Castagnet” designates the name of the district, itself coming from the forest of centuries-old chestnut trees located on a sandstone slope where the return path winds.
In the clearing at the end of the via, just behind the summit of the needles, we will discover the remains of an old farm flanked by a very beautiful water tank which recalls the agricultural use of these spaces before the reforestation carried out at the beginning of the last century.
The “demoiselles du Castagnet” via ferrata was inaugurated by Patrick Berhault, an illustrious mountaineer and climber from Nice who died in 2004.
Level: beginner with a sporting profile and able to read and understand the instructions. Green course
scoring
- Verticality: 2/5
– Athletic passages: 2/5 – Commitment: 3/5 – Length: 2/5 – Difficulty: 2/5
Rating of the red course
- Verticality: 3/5
– Athletic passages: 2/5 – Commitment: 4/5 – Length: 3/5 – Difficulty: 3/5
Recommended period: from spring to autumn. Very often, in the off-seasons, you can climb the route in the sun with a mild temperature while the bottom of the valley, remaining in the shade, retains a layer of white frost.
Personal equipment: helmet, harness, lanyards with energy absorber, pulley, suitable gloves.
Don’t forget to take plenty of water in summer!
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