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Roc d'Ormea

Roc d'Ormea, Mountain summit in Alpes-Maritimes, France.

Roc d'Ormea is a mountain summit in the Alpes-Maritimes featuring a steep rocky western face that rises prominently above the Mediterranean coast. The landscape is dominated by limestone formations with clear views across the surrounding region.

The summit lies on the GR 52 long-distance trail, the Grande Traversée du Mercantour, where it frames the Col du Berceau with the Cime de Restaud. That pass is the last climb on the route before the long descent to Menton, the trail's terminus. The A8 motorway from Aix-en-Provence to the Italian border runs at the foot of the steep western face.

At the summit stands a tiny oratory, not a chapel, holding a few ex-voto offerings and topped with Nepalese prayer flags. The flags were placed there by visitors, and the ex-votos record vows made by those who climbed from Menton, Castellar or Sospel.

The shortest route to the summit starts from Castellar village, following the GR 51 then GR 52 to the Col du Berceau. Other approaches include Menton-Garavan via the GR 52 through the Plan du Lion, and Sospel along the GR 52. From Castellar a concrete track reaches the Chapelle Saint-Bernard before the GR 52 climbs the col's northern side.

From the summit the view stretches from Ventimiglia to the Bay of Antibes with the Mercantour peaks visible to the north. On clear days the panorama reveals much of the Mediterranean coastline below.

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Elevation above the sea
1,132 m
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43.81472,7.51139
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