Uvernet-Fours: Crête des Vallonnets
Tucked into the southern French Alps above the Ubaye Valley, Crête des Vallonnets is a place whose character is shaped by the steep, open terrain of the Pra Loup ski area. The ridge lies in the commune of Uvernet-Fours, where mountain slopes and larch woodland frame land used for alpine pasture and winter sport. Pra Loup is linked by lifts and runs with Val d’Allos in the Espace Lumière ski domain, placing Vallonnets within a wider mountain network. Down the valley, Barcelonnette recalls an unusual 19th-century connection with Mexico: residents who prospered there returned to build large Mexican-style villas. The narrow Ubaye Valley gives this part of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur a strongly alpine identity.
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Uvernet-Fours combines the working character of an Alpine valley commune with the seasonal energy of a ski-resort area, reflecting its position in the Ubaye valley of the Southern French Alps. The Ubaye River runs below wooded slopes and high passes, while the hamlets of Uvernet and Fours retain the dispersed settlement pattern of this mountain country. Pra-Loup, within the commune, is a major winter-sports resort linked with Val d’Allos in the Espace Lumière ski area. Uvernet-Fours was created in 1973 through the merger of Uvernet and Fours, a reminder that its identity reaches beyond the resort. Browse other webcams across Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur to place this Alpine setting in a wider geographic context.
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