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Departure from the car park for hikers at the exit of Saint-Félix-de-l'Héras, which is located along the D155 towards Rives.
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(S/E) Return towards Saint-Félix-de-l'Héras for a few metres and find the start of a gravel track on the left. Take this track and you will reach a path on the right.
(1) Follow it to the right, then to the left after a few metres, until you reach a fence. Go through it, continue along a path and climb over another fence using a fixed double ladder. Turn 90° to the right and head eastwards along the hillside. Follow the bottom of the slope until you reach a gate in the fence. Open it and close it behind you to reach a road (D142) near the motorway. This section takes you through pastureland.
(2) Cross the departmental road with caution and continue opposite on a grassy track that gradually becomes a path. Admire the village of Le Caylar, located on a rocky outcrop on the right. Reach a transverse stone track (an old path that linked Les Rives to Le Caylar) near a lavogne (basin).
(3) Continue left on level ground. After about 100 metres, take a look at the beautifully renovated building on the left (Barymbal) and continue along the track, straight ahead for 3 km, ignoring the various side paths, until you reach a tarmac road (D142).
(4) Turn right and enter the village.
(5) Take Rue de la Lavogne on the right, pass to the left of a beautiful lavogne (restored pond with goldfish) and turn right onto the RD142. At the four-way intersection, turn left onto Chemin des Jardins, then right onto the grassy path just after the first house.
(6) Cross the RD142 with caution and continue on the grassy track opposite. Go through a fence and, further on, return to the road. Turn right and walk about 300 m to reach a crossroads.
(7) Follow the tarmac road to the left.
(8) Turn left onto the track and, after about 50 metres, take the path on the right that descends southwards. Go through a metal gate, follow a small stream and arrive at the RD151.
(9) Continue to the right and arrive at a three-way junction at the hamlet of Les Sièges.
(10) Take the D151 on the left towards Grotte de Labeil. Continue along the road until you reach a three-way junction with a track.
(11) Follow this track to the left. At the three-way junction located about 50 metres after a washout, keep right and enter the woods. Climb up to a dolomitic plateau (yellow markings) and arrive at a track.
(12) Continue left to an intersection (fenced enclosure), cross the cattle grid on the right, and continue southeast on a sandy track that continues flat among the dolomitic rocks. After about 1.5 km, take a sharp right turn, then quickly a left turn, and you will arrive at a fork.
(13) Leave the track, take the path on the left and then immediately turn right onto the path that climbs northwards. Enter a magical landscape of jagged rocks of various shapes, surrounded by vegetation that changes colour with the seasons. Continue through this beautiful landscape to reach the confluence of two valleys.
(14) Cross the Lergue using the rope to help you cross the stream. Turn right onto the horizontal path that runs along the left bank of the stream. You will come to another stream, the Rec du Gassé, which you will need to cross using a rope.
(15) After the stream, the path continues to the right and climbs to the road (D155). Follow it to the left and you will soon reach the hikers' car park (S/E).
Association / Club / Walk leader
Visorando member
Difficult 
Easy 
