Passo Daone from Ches

Nice, quiet, shady climb with little traffic. You can hardly see anything as a panorama, but you are immersed in a wooded area that provides relief, especially in the summer heatwave. It gives no respite even though the toughest point is at the beginning, which only lets up in the last 4 to 500 metres. You get close to 1,300 metres and up dirt tracks to the Durmont summit (1,395 metres). There is a bar/restaurant at the summit but it is abandoned (Jul 2023). The descent to Preore is very beautiful (better asphalt than the ascent), more uncovered and scenic and passes through the villages of Montagne (beautiful little church with adjoining cemetery) and Cort.

Beautiful climb in a very beautiful area. You ride on a very quiet road of about 3m wide. The asphalt is okay but a bit rough and sometimes some holes. No loose stones or gravel. In the morning, the climb is in the shade, in the afternoon the sun is on it but trees give enough shade almost everywhere.
Furthermore, it was very quiet. On Sunday afternoon around 2 p.m. I was only overtaken by a moped, nothing else. The fact that it was so quiet is probably due to the fact that only a few people live there. There is no big village, only a few scattered houses. There is a bar/restaurant at the top but it seems to have been closed for a while. No other facilities but because the climb is not exceptionally long I could manage with 2 bidons.