Mont Lozère Explained

Mont Lozère
Elevation:16990NaN0 at Sommet de Finiels
Range:Cévennes
Location:Lozère, France
Map:France
Label Position:left
Coordinates:44.4261°N 3.7392°W

Mont Lozère (Occitan (post 1500);: Mont Losera) is a massif in the Cévennes, a subrange of the Massif Central in France. It is 1699m (5,574feet) above sea level and lies within the Cévennes National Park.

Mont Lozère is commonly used for skiing during the winter months.[1] It is also a popular destination for student groups during the summer months. It offers some stunning natural scenery and is covered by coniferous plantations and 'broom' scrub moorland.

Mount Lozere is the source of the River Tarn, and also the highest point on the Robert Louis Stevenson Trail (GR 70), a popular long-distance path following approximately the route travelled by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1878 and described in his book Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes.[2] [3] The GR70 follows a draille (drove road) across the mountain, marked by montjoies (standing stones).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Home page . Station de ski du Bleymard–Mont Lozère . French . 29 June 2017.
  2. The Country of the Camisards . Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes . Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes . 123–129 . Stevenson . Robert Louis . Robert Louis Stevenson . 1879 . 1905 . Charles Scribner's Sons . New York.
  3. Book: Castle, Alan . The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail . Cicerone . 2nd . 2007 . 978-1-85284-511-7 . 125–127.