Col  du  Vars

324  km.

        For to escape the heat what there it oppresses in these weeks, we decide of to aim decidedly I pour the mountains!  

        Parties without some hurry we reach Saluzzo through Envie and Revello, coasting along the Monte Bracco; arrived in the city we take for the val Varaita, we quickly salt also because the traffic is really reduced, people are evidently afraid of these storms that lately there persecute!  

            Arrived on the hill of the Agnello we make a small break to contemplate the nature that he is as soon as waking up from the long winter (we are over the 2700 meters): it is rare to so quietly see everything among few weeks, there will be a bedlam of people!  

            Left again we go down in France making wide curves on a splendid asphalt up to reach the country of Saint Veran, goes down then the fund valley up to the characteristic Chateau Queyras.  

            Here we take the road 902 in direction of Guillestre, we cross so the characteristic Gorgeses du Guil: beautiful canyons from the red rocks and from the impressive precipices.  

            In Guillestre we take for the country of Vars under the homonym hill that we reach through a splendid road all curves that also allows you to exaggerate a little!  

            Arrived on the hill we look around at there and we notice that the sky he is covering with ample clouds black that him they thicken, then we don't delay and we begin to go down up to reach the center of Saint Paul, where we stop there for the lunch.  

            A little far we visit the characteristic bridge of Chatelet, that he closes a horrid with his span of 37 meters of well 108 meters high! The roadway is of solos 3 meters and to cross is it really anxious.  

            We cannot dwell there because the clouds have reached then us we leave again and this time we take a beautiful storm that accompanies us up to the alternative for Larche that brings us in Italy.  

            Luckily the slope is dry and we can cross with calm, except then to make to pay it and to bathe us up to Demonte, from here the road it is the usual one with a heat returned oppressive and always little traffic.