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Access: The start is after the hamlet of Les Baux.
Cross Bédoin, head towards Chalet Reynard, Mont Ventoux D974. Turn left at the "Les Baux/Les Fébriers" sign and head towards the hamlet. Enter the hamlet, go up it, then take the first right, following Chemin des Fébriers. Go up this small ascending road to the end.
Park in the small dirt areas.
(S/E) From the car park, at the sign for "Les Fébriers", take the path straight ahead towards Jas des Landerots. Follow the yellow markings. After 250m, join the track. Continue straight ahead, following the yellow markings. In places, the track becomes a 4x4 track where the ground is ravined.
(1) When you reach a wide crossroads, continue straight ahead on the ascending track.
Yellow markings. After 200m, ignore the start of a faint path on the right.
(2) At the next fork, continue straight ahead on the ascending track. Yellow markings.
(3) At the hairpin bend near the cairn, leave the track and take the path that climbs straight ahead.
No markings.
(4) After 600m, join theGR®91Bjust before reaching the ruins of Jas de Baumasson. White/red markings and fluorescent green "J" markings (Route des Jas). The slope is then very steep.
(5) At the flat section, near the Jas de la Couanche forest track, follow the path straight ahead at the cairn. No markings.
(6) At the end of the forest track (Jas de la Couanche track), turn left onto the track, then quickly right at the cairn in the bend. No markings.
(7) At the end of a second forest track, at the cairn, go straight ahead (slightly to the left to enter the path). No markings. After 500m, the path turns right, cutting across a scree slope. You leave the forest and the vegetation begins to thin out.
Continue along the path, which now heads east. Then, 400 metres after the scree, you will find yourself on the "desert" slopes of Mont Ventoux. Cross the scree and boulders.
(8) At the fork, continue the ascent towards the Sainte-Croix Chapel and the summit of Mont Ventoux by turning left at the hairpin bend at the large cairn. Pass the chapel and head towards the summit.
(9) Arrive at the summit and its famous sign covered in stickers. Cross over to the north side, taking the tarmac road for 300 metres, then descend to the orientation table.
(10) At the orientation table, descend slightly to the left to join theGR®4. White/red markings.
At the start, the ground is a little rutted. Descend the north face in hairpin bends through small gravel pits.
(11) At the second hairpin bend, pass in front of the entrance to the Drovers' Road de Fontfiole. Continue downhill via theGR®4. White/red markings. Then descend for about 2.5km, staying on theGR®4.
(12) At the "Les Mélèzes" sign, leave theGR®4and turn right onto theGR®9, heading towards Épaulement de la Frache. White/red markings. TheGR®9runs along the north side of Mont Ventoux below the rocky outcrops, crossing several scree slopes. If you cross early in the morning (and without making any noise), you may see chamois and mouflons.
After 1.6km, look for a hole in the mountain. This is the "Trou du Vent" (Wind Hole), a small cave where you can feel a draught coming through the mountain. Continue for about 1.3km after the cave until you reach a crossroads.
(13) Leave theGR®9by taking the path on the right that climbs up to the eastern ridges of Mont Ventoux. There are no markings.
(14) You will come out onto the ridge at Tête de la Grave. Turn left and follow the Ermittant ski lift via the access track (follow the red posts) heading south. There are no markings. Descend until you reach the road (D974), turn left and follow the road for 200 metres.
(15) At the "Plaine des Ermittants" sign, turn right towards Vallon de la Grave, taking the track (Chemin de la Graverette). There are no markings.
(16) At the "Vallon de la Grave" sign in the hairpin bend, turn left towards Combe de la Grave.
Take the path downhill along the small valley. Yellow markings.
(17) At the "La Grave" sign, turn right towards La Fréchière. The path climbs uphill. Yellow markings.
After crossing a small area of light undergrowth, join the track.
(18) At the "La Fréchière" sign, go straight ahead and climb the path. Reach the ruins of Jas de la Fréchière, then turn left onto the path heading west. Quickly leave the wooded area, then follow the southern flank of Mont Ventoux across small gravel. Yellow markings and fluorescent green "G" markings. Continue west for about 3km. You will remain at an altitude of 1500-1550m during this crossing.
(19) At the hairpin bend in the scree, turn left and descend quickly to reach the track below. No markings.
(20) At the "Petit Pierre" sign on the track (Jas de la Couanche track), continue straight ahead towards Combe Fiole. There are no markings. Descend through Combe Fiole for about 2.3km until you reach the track.
(21) At the track, turn left and continue downhill. Pass quickly past the "Combe Fiole" sign and continue along the track.
(22) At the first cairn, take the path that descends to the right. Yellow markings. After about 1 km of descent, cross a track. Continue straight downhill.
(23) At the "Guibert" sign, continue straight ahead towards Combe d'Ansis. Yellow markings. Follow the Combe d'Ansis for about 2.6km.
(24) At the "Combe d'Ansis" sign, at the edge of the track, join theGR®91. Turn right towards Les Fébriers. After 400m on the track, you will reach Les Fébriers (S/E).
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