To the Sources du Vioulou from Curan

A Gothic church, a stone water tower and numerous views of the wooded mountains await you on this easy route.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 13.40 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 4h 40 
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    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 304 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 306 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 966 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 811 m

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Description of the walk

(S/E) From the village hall car park, head east along the street behind the village hall.

(1) At the crossroads, turn left at a 90° angle onto Route de la Loubière. At the bottom, near a stream, turn left onto a dirt track that continues as a grassy path.

(2) At the end of the climb, turn left to join the small road. Continue to the right until you reach Salleles, which you will cross.

(3) About a hundred metres after the hamlet, turn left onto a dirt track that joins the Vioulou bridge and the GRP®.

(4) Follow the road, pass under the power lines and turn right onto the road towards Trébons Haut. At the farm, turn left and walk along the back of the sheepfold, going around it on the left. After 100 metres, turn left and climb up towards the plantation.

(5) At the edge of the woods, take a sharp right turn and follow the edge of the woods for 250 metres (be careful, the path is poorly marked). Take a forest path on the right. After crossing the woods, the path is sometimes open, sometimes following the edge of the fir or birch trees (viewpoints during the climb).

(6) At the crossroads, take a sharp right turn and follow a wide forest track to Bédettes. Keep left for 100 metres.

(7) Continue right on a track to Moulin de la Resse.

(8) At the next crossroads, turn left onto the small road running parallel to the Vioulou.

(9) At thefirst crossroads, turn left for 200 metres and, at thesecond crossroads, turn right towards the D95.

(10) About 100 metres before the road, take a sharp right turn. Walk up the edge of a pasture for 200 metres, then turn left onto a sunken path that leads back up to the village.

(1) At the crossroads, turn right and follow Rue du Château d'eau to the car park of the village hall (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 966 m - Village hall car park
  2. 1 : km 0.1 - alt. 959 m - Crossroads of the circular loop
  3. 2 : km 1.29 - alt. 946 m - Fork towards the road
  4. 3 : km 2.43 - alt. 914 m - Exit Salleles
  5. 4 : km 3.65 - alt. 812 m - GRP junction - Vioulou (rivière)
  6. 5 : km 4.94 - alt. 892 m - Edge of the woods
  7. 6 : km 7.4 - alt. 941 m - Carrefour des Pins de Viarouge
  8. 7 : km 9.41 - alt. 868 m - Bedettes
  9. 8 : km 10.51 - alt. 842 m - After the Moulin de La Resse
  10. 9 : km 11.67 - alt. 860 m - At the first crossroads
  11. 10 : km 12.44 - alt. 887 m - Start of the path on the right
  12. S/E : km 13.4 - alt. 966 m - Village hall car park

Reviews and comments

4.5 / 5
Based on 6 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.3 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.4 / 5
Route interest
4.7 / 5
randorenaud
randorenaud

not made the hike for lack of time, stay too short, a next time perhaps

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HeleneJau
HeleneJau

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 13, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Beautiful autumn scenery, very quiet area, very little traffic: a hike with interesting sounds!
Be careful at Trébons Haut, you really have to go behind the sheepfold, not just next to it, otherwise you'll end up below it.
Between 5 and 6, be careful, at one point you have to go straight ahead. I continued along the main bend and ended up taking a shortcut.
(I hike using a paper map).

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Nadège12
Nadège12

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 11, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

The hike was nice, but we didn't like it because there was nothing exciting about it!

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Marie-Fr
Marie-Fr

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 28, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk. Three quarters of the route is shaded, which we appreciated. We had a picnic in some very pleasant woodland. However, we walked 11 km instead of the 13.4 km mentioned on the information sheet. We followed the yellow markings. We had a lovely day.

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Katden 12150
Katden 12150

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 04, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Regarding point 5: The woodland that should be on the left-hand side of the path has been cleared and cut down, so you will be walking along the edge of the forest the whole time.
Between points 5 and 6: After the edge of the woods, when you reach a wide track, follow it and at a certain point, leave it on your right and follow a path that goes straight up along a huge field. As there are no longer any markers (wood or fence posts), there are no markings at this point.
Otherwise, the entire hike is marked in yellow and double red/yellow where it coincides with the GRP.

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Pgd79
Pgd79

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 23, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Easy route, lots of paths. Very pleasant and accessible for occasional walkers.

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jeanmipat
jeanmipat

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : May 03, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : Not used / Not applicable
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Beautiful route, but the markings were absent or barely visible on a large part of the trail (we got lost and ended up extending the hike).

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