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Park at Pont de Reynès (D115) in the car park after the chemist's.
(S/E) Head towards the school, climb the stairs on the right, along the pharmacy, then take Rue Camp del Pla opposite and go through the gate (close it behind you) next to no. 7: the markings are yellow and the path climbs steadily.
(1) At the Serrat Cantaire plateau, walk along the fence and join the track heading south. Follow this track until you reach an intersection.
(2) Continue to the right until you reach the junction with a road near Mas del Small Pass.
(3) Turn left (yellow markings), follow it for a few metres, then take the path on the left to descend to Reynès, indicated by a yellow sign. The path leads directly to the church square.
(4) Follow the road opposite the church, then just before the bridge, leave it at the bend and take the iron footbridge on the right. Climb up the winding path and join the road called Chemin du Puig d'Espagne.
(5) Follow this road to the right for about a hundred metres, then leave it to take the path that cuts across a bend (yellow markings). When you reach a place called La Creu, take the bend to the right and continue for about twenty metres.
(6) Take the path indicated on the left by the sign for "Macanet de Cabrenys". Further on, it crosses the road. Walk past a few houses: the road becomes a track.
(7) Leave the track that leads to Macanet and follow the path on the left indicated by the sign for "rando
canyon" sign. There are no longer any markings. After descending to Ribera de cal Sant, the path climbs steeply opposite and arrives at the remains of the old talc quarry. You can still see a few wagons and winches.
(8) The path heads north, becomes a track and continues to climb slightly. Ignore the first track branching off to the right and continue for about 20 metres.
(9) At the second fork, take the path that descends to the left (altitude 515 m): there is an old car wreck. This steeply descending path follows the old cable used to transport the gondolas. Some of them are still attached.
(10) At Mas de Cal Sant, you can still see buildings, remnants of the mine. Take the long staircase that descends under the building, rejoin the stream, follow it to the right for about a hundred metres and cross it again. The rest of the path is just opposite. Reach Mas Cristòfol, climb to the left (old wooden sign) overlooking the farmhouse and join the track that leads back to Reynès.
(11) There are two options here:
- either climb back up to La Creu to rejoin the path you took on the way there, which you will follow to Pont de Reynès: this adds an extra 120 metres of elevation gain to the route described above.
- or take the path on the right called "chemin des mas".
(12) When you reach the beautiful and large Mas Casals (altitude 206 m), cross the stone bridge and follow the track on the left. Leave the yellow markings for the "chemin des mas" on the right. You will come out onto the Route du Mas Casals, which you should follow straight ahead.
(13) Leave the access road to Els Andruix on your right, continue straight ahead and, at the next crossroads, do the same to join the D15.
(14) Turn right and follow the departmental road to the D115, which you will reach at the school. Turn left and return to the car park where you started (S/E).
Visorando member
Easy 
Association / Club / Walk leader
Difficult 
Very difficult 
