Saint-André-les-Alpes-en

Courchons hamlet

Vue sur le Lac de Castillon
A hike that will take you to Courchons, an abandoned village in the commune of Saint André, overlooking Lake Castillon.
L'hôtel Elevage Vue sur le lac Ruines du hameau
L'hôtel
Elevage Vue sur le lac Ruines du hameau
13.15 km
Loop
5h
567m D+ 567m / D- 567m
888m - 1349m
Balisage Petite Randonnée

The Courchons hike will take you to the hamlet (altitude 1,350 m), whose school still had 20 students at the beginning of the last century. Today the village is mostly in ruins and pastoralism is the main activity in the sector.

  • Prices

    Free access.

  • Customer base

    • Orange level - quite hard