The hills of Grans

A walk to discover bories (dry-stone huts), perfect for a little mountain biking special, alternating between false-flat single trails (be careful of the trees!) and wide rolling tracks to get your heart pumping or to work on your endurance.

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  • Mountain biking
    Activity: Mountain biking
  • ↔
    Distance: 7.81 km
  • ◔
    Duration according to the author: 45 mins 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 22 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 22 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 86 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 64 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ City: Grans (13450)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 43.602367° / E 5.06795°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 3143OT

  • ◶
    Type of surface:
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     5% Road  35% Byway  60% Path
  • ⇧
    Bike carrying: No
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • Hour-by-hour weather

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Description of the route

Park in Clos Ferrier on the edge of the D19, in the car park opposite municipal technical centre.

(S/E) Take the rolling track on the right. Ignore two paths on the right and locate a path to the left which will be the return path.

(1) Continue on the same track for another 250m and get to a crossroads before arriving at the DFCI tank.

(2) Turn left on the dirt/stony path, which is less than 2m wide. Be careful: there are a few sections on slabs and blocks of stone. Reach a marked trail.
Turn left on this wide and rolling path. Get to an olive tree plantation.

(3) Turn right at the corner of the field to take a nice, rolling single track (1m wide). There's a very slight false flat through the pine forest and then a descent on a wider path, with lots of pebbles.
After a row of cypress trees, turn right on a rolling track up to an intersection with tarmac road.

(4) Go 100m to the left on this track and then take the first path to the left, going past the DFCI barrier.
Follow a wide "roller coaster" track, ignore a path to the left and very quickly arrive at a new intersection (not shown on the map).

(5) Skew left on the path. Then, through bushes and scrubland, take advantage of the nice single track, staying on the main path.

(6) Find a rolling track and follow it right between pines and olive trees up to the car park at the end of the asphalt road.
Take the track to the left and continue along the wall of the property to find the junction with a trail that rises up in stairs.

(7) Take the dirt/stony trail to the right up to the large DFCI track.

(1) Follow the right-hand trail to return to the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 64 m - Car park opposite the Municipal Technical Centre
  2. 1 : km 0.48 - alt. 69 m - Past crossings on outward and return journeys
  3. 2 : km 0.78 - alt. 71 m - Before DFCI tank
  4. 3 : km 1.77 - alt. 70 m - Former Berthier pond
  5. 4 : km 3.57 - alt. 75 m - Route du centre équestre
  6. 5 : km 4.48 - alt. 68 m - Left-hand path
  7. 6 : km 5.4 - alt. 73 m - Right on the runway
  8. 7 : km 6.37 - alt. 69 m - Former quarry
  9. S/E : km 7.81 - alt. 64 m - Car park opposite the Municipal Technical Centre

Worth a visit

Numerous bories (dry-stone huts)
(3) Olive tree plantation: the former Étang de Berthier pond, now partially cultivated, and a few brownfield sites.

Reviews and comments

4.2 / 5
Based on 9 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.1 / 5
Ease of following the route
4 / 5
Route interest
4.4 / 5
Jean N
Jean N

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 09, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A lovely, varied and easy route. It takes you through beautiful forests
Just a minor issue after point 3, near a private property where the path has been blocked off. You need to go round the barrier

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fouret josette
fouret josette

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 08, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

This walk was very good: easy, very good paths, beautiful forests.
But the signposting; zero. No signs, no markings to follow either in the description or on the various trails.
a few yellow marks towards the end
However, it's a very pleasant walk and although it's intended for mountain bikes, we weren't bothered by the cyclists.

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bozard
bozard
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Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 31, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

We did this tour in the middle of winter and along the Touloubre, it's cold.

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jmvvisorando
jmvvisorando
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Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 26, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A short, easy walk with no difficulties and a few drystone shelters to see along the way.

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laroquette
laroquette

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 24, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A pleasant walk.
By misfortune, there was a hunt on part of the route on Sunday (it was only indicated on the Cornillon side).
We therefore had to change one section of our walk.
Would do it again (without the hunters!).
Thank you

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dmike
dmike

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 15, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

The route is also perfectly suited to walking, and is very pleasant between pine forests, olive groves, stone walls and drystone shelters.

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ccbadaire
ccbadaire

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 10, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

short easy hike done with the children. easy paths and pleasant walk

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Delphin13
Delphin13

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 05, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Easy indeed. Various paths and landscapes. An excellent time, thank you very much!

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abousimbel
abousimbel

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 24, 2016
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

This little hike is included in the circuits we do around miramas-grans-cornillon-istres

with our Vivre notre temps hiking group from Miramas

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C.Goirand

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