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This walk starts in the hamlet of Le Villaret in the commune of Saint-Jean-de-Vaulx. There are a few parking spaces available at the entrance to the hamlet when arriving from Laffrey, next to an EDF transformer.
(S/E) Head towards the wash house in the centre of the village, staying on the main road; the first hiking signs are just above the wash house. Take the first path on the left and begin the ascent.
(1) Leave this wide path and take a path on the right (signposted); the slope becomes steeper.
(2) Ignore the path that continues straight ahead and turn left.
The path joins the track leading up from Notre-Dame de Vaulx and runs alongside an artificial reservoir.
(3) The actual ascent to the summit is more or less on a northward bearing, taking the Beauregard ridge and following the numerous paths that lead to the summit, where an information board provides details about the panorama.
(4) From the summit, turn back and head for a sheepfold situated at around 1,513 m.
(5) Take the path that passes above the sheepfold; this climbs gently up the Beauregard slope and continues through the mountain pasture. The path descends after about 700 m to the entrance of a magnificent beech forest.
(6) Continue in the same direction (north), cross a meadow and, at the end of it, find a gap in the fence leading to a forest track, which you follow for a further 700 m.
Please note that the signposting is very sparse.
(7) Join the signposted path, turn right and head towards the hamlet of Les Arnauds. Cross the hamlet by following the road downhill.
(8) After the first hairpin bend, a path on the right (signposted) allows you to cut across another large hairpin bend.
(9) Continue along the road, as access to the path appears to have been blocked off by the residents of the house situated below the road. Keep heading due south.
(10) After this tarmac section, find the path on the left that leads to the village of Saint-Jean-de-Vaulx. Continue towards the church.
(11) Take the path that runs alongside the road and leads back to the starting point (S/E).
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