Wikipedia.

Official starting point is Place de la République.

Trail number 10 starts out south, overlapping with trails number 12 (in the same direction) and 13 and 14 (in both directions). Turning northeast it overlaps with trails number 13 and 14 in the same direction. In the furthest north it goes west back to the starting point.

Trails number 13 and 14 start out with a double-back section, overlapping in both directions with trails number 10 and 12. Breaking off northeast the two trails continue to overlap with trail number 10 (in the same direction). In the furthest north, the two trails return south. Further down trail number 14 breaks off west to return back to the starting point (on its initial double-back section). Trail number 13 continues south, rounding Mont Agel (1,148 metres of height) (are we entering country of Monaco here??), before returning back to the starting point (on its initial double-back section).

Trail number 12 starts out south, overlapping with trail number 10 (in the same direction) and 13 and 14 (in both directions). Continuing south without them, then southwest, then north, it overlaps its last distance back to the starting point with trail number 16 (in the same direction).

Trail number 11 shoots out northeast, overlapping a lengthy distance with trails number 15, 16 and 17, and in the opposite direction with trail number 19. When the latter ones shoot north, trail number 11 goes west, overlapping with trail number 19 (in the opposite direction), re-uniting with trail number 15 in the north. Closer to the startingpoint it overlaps also with trails 17 and 18.

Trail number 15 shoots out northeast, overlapping a lengthy distance with trails number 11, 16 and 17, and in the opposite direction with trail number 19. When changing to go north, it overlaps with trail number 19 in the same direction. Trail number 19 breaks off east, and further up the remaining three trails go three separate directions; trail number 15 in southwestern direction. It overlaps later (in opposite direction) with trail number 19 and (in the same direction) with trail number 11, following the latter, as well as trails number 17 and 18 back to the starting point.

Trail number 16, breaking off from the threesome up in the north (see paragraph for trail number 15) continues northwest, then west to check out Col du Farguet (1,084 metres of height) and Mont Farguet (1,187 metres of height). Working its way south in bending ways, it trails past St Simeon and through Euira, La Boira, into La Grave de Peille, before returning (northeast) into Peille.

Trail number 17, breaking off from the threesome up in the north (see paragraph for trail number 15) goes west, checks out Col du Farguet (1,084 metres of height), then goes south, past St Simeon, crosses the river Erbossiera, and then overlaps in the opposite direction with trail number 19, and in the same direction with trails number 11, 15 and 18.

Trail number 19 starts out southwest, then quickly goes northeast, meeting the ending bits of trails number 11, 15, 17 and 18. It follows trails number 15 and then trail number 11 the longest, trails a short section on its own, then overlaps (in the same direction) with trails 15, 16, and 17. By Mont Ours (1,239 metres of height) it breaks off east to go past it, as well as Pic de Garuche (1,089 metres of height), then trails south, crosses itself, and returns back to Peille meeting the beginning bits of trails number 11, 15, 16 and 17.

Trail 18 is a mini-version of a trail. It goes off for a short section on its own into the north, then, as it loops back, overlaps in the same direction with trails number 11, 15 and 17 in the same direction, and trail number 19 in the opposite direction, back into Peille.

Map

Gps files provided via www.tracegps.com: All, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19.

More detailed descriptions on the www.peille.fr site. Interesting, trail number 13 (freely translated): "Do not touch the electrical cables. You are in a radio electrical area."

Interconnecting trails

Trail number 16 interacts in one corner in the north with trail number 5 (red) of Sospel.

Notes

I have not visited this area year. Will I ever? This is way too much climbing for me! Mental notes though: The double-back of trails number 13 and 14, is it on tarmac? The last fifth of trail number 16, dito? Lots of overlappings, not sure this would be an interesting area for me, even with less climbing.

Briefly looking at the elevation profiles, maybe trails 11, 13 and 15? To be considered at a later stage ..

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