Panoramic circular of Mayronnes

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Hike around Maryonnes with beautiful views of the Corbières. The trail climbs steeply in the first part through the undergrowth.

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    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 12.62 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 5h 25 
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    Difficulty: Moderate
  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
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    Ascent: + 627 m
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    Descent: - 627 m
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    Highest point: 661 m
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    Lowest point: 235 m
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View of Mayronnes
Champ de l'oeil
Carrus dairy farm
::2:: Mule track, scenic trail

Description of the walk

Parking at the entrance to the village of Mayronnes.

(S/E) Join the trail at the bottom of the car park, cross the ford and follow the path marked with both Sentier Sculptural andGR®36signs on the right.

(1) Leave the sculpture trail on your left and continue along the track until you reach a sharp bend to the left, then stay on the track.

(2) Just after this bend, take the old mule track on the right: small wooden bridge and signpost "Sentier panoramique" (Panoramic Trail). The path climbs through the undergrowth. Cross the firebreak for the first time and continue straight up the mule track. Join the firebreak again at Pas de la Serre, take the track on the right and follow it. Lovely view of the Corbières.

(3) Leave the track that descends gently to the right and take the mule track that branches off slightly to the left as it climbs. Caution: the path is not very visible. Continue climbing for a while through the undergrowth. Pass Roc Troué. Follow the track to Serre de la Pène. Once you reach the plateau, follow the marked path, where cairns indicate the direction to follow.

(4) Leave a path on the right and turn left onto the trail that continues through the vegetation and descends towards Pech de Fel.

(5) Turn left onto the path and continue downhill until you reach theGR®36.

(6) Cross it and take the track opposite, which descends towards Dairy Farm Carrus, which is signposted.
Descend along the meadows, cross the dairy farm and, after the buildings, turn left onto the road. Please note: during the season, there are goats and sheepdogs roaming freely. Picnic tables are available.

(7) Yellow markings. Just after the stream, leave the road and turn right onto the path. Continue until you reach the road. Cross it and continue on the path that climbs opposite. Cross the road again and take the panoramic path opposite, which continues to climb.

(8) Yellow markings. Turn left, the path makes an almost U-turn. Continue climbing and follow this path uphill. Reach the road and cross it to the right.

(9) Join the path at the foot of the ruins at Champ de l'Œil (sign). Follow the Serrat de la Bouzole path.

(10) At Serrat de la Bouzole, take the path on the left to reach Mayronnes.

(11) Return to theGR®36, turn right and descend via the track. You will pass along part of the Mayronnes sculpture trail.

(12) Continue right on theGR®36and the Sculpture Trail in reverse, which descends steeply towards Mayronnes. Join the track at the bottom and then the car park.

(1) Turn right onto theGR® 36 towards the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 272 m - Car park at the Mayronnes entrance.
  2. 1 : km 0.41 - alt. 279 m - Crossroads of the circular - GR 36
  3. 2 : km 0.75 - alt. 311 m - Panoramic trail
  4. 3 : km 1.97 - alt. 478 m - Intersection
  5. 4 : km 3.71 - alt. 655 m - Crossroads - Serre de la Penne
  6. 5 : km 5.16 - alt. 464 m - Track junction
  7. 6 : km 6.37 - alt. 308 m - GR 36 junction
  8. 7 : km 6.96 - alt. 236 m - Trail starts on the right.
  9. 8 : km 7.93 - alt. 267 m - Hairpin bend to the left
  10. 9 : km 9.08 - alt. 324 m - Champ de l'Œil
  11. 10 : km 10.27 - alt. 357 m - Crossroads
  12. 11 : km 10.82 - alt. 378 m - Intersection - GR 36
  13. 12 : km 11.85 - alt. 355 m - Crossroads
  14. S/E : km 12.62 - alt. 268 m - Car park at the Mayronnes entrance.

Notes

Remember to bring water, sunscreen in summer and rain gear in winter.
Good footwear is recommended as there are many stony and even slippery sections.

Worth a visit

You can change the return route by taking the Mayronnes Sculpture Trail on the right at Serrat de la Bouzole.
(10) Works of art are displayed along the path, which leads directly back to the car park.

The village and Abbey of Lagrasse are 10 minutes away and well worth a visit.

 Always be cautious and plan ahead when you're outdoors. Visorando and the author of this route cannot be held responsible for any accidents occurring on this route.

The GR® and PR® markings are the intellectual property of the Fédération Française de Randonnée Pédestre.

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Reviews and comments

4.4 / 5
Based on 13 reviews
Reliability of the description
4.6 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.3 / 5
Route interest
4.4 / 5
Dingo
Dingo

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 07, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A beautiful hike offering superb views of the Corbières region. The trails are very pleasant to follow despite a fairly significant elevation gain; you need to be in good physical condition.
Be careful at the fords at the start and finish if it has been raining in the previous days: you may get your feet wet if you don't have waterproof shoes.

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Saturnino
Saturnino
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Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 29, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant hike in sunny weather with beautiful views of the Corbières and even the Pyrenees when you reach the ridge of Pech de Fel. It's a route far from the crowds :-).
As for the route, we missed the turn-off at point 4, but we found it again without too much difficulty.

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brunolazare
brunolazare

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 13, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Beautiful trails. A somewhat demanding walk. Magnificent panoramic views.

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fredcom
fredcom

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 25, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Magnificent hike along the trail through the woods.
Stunning panoramic views of the Corbières and Pyrenees.
There are almost no markings, so the route mapped by Visorando is very useful.
There were no hunters in the route area. Still, remember to wear an orange vest.

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jean-mi.prm31
jean-mi.prm31

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 09, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Beautiful hike with lovely views of the Corbières and the Canigou massif.

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fontes Nadine
fontes Nadine

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 05, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Sometimes the path is not visible and not maintained, but otherwise there is a very beautiful view.

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Pit
Pit

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 16, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

A good warm-up for my 75th birthday, didn't see anyone except in the 'sculpture' section.
Foggy in the morning, so the view wasn't great.

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roujol
roujol

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 15, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk, not very difficult! Well signposted.
But luckily the weather had been dry for several days, because the ground is quite muddy in places.
Apart from two or three hunters, we didn't meet anyone.
When we passed through the hamlet of Carrus, the two farm dogs decided to accompany us to the car park where we started. They seemed determined to leave with us, so we called their owner (04 68 43 12 37) to come and collect them.

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ksagro1968
ksagro1968

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 19, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Some passages tend to close up due to low traffic and vegetation growth.
A lovely hike with beautiful views.

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stefquere
stefquere
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Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : May 24, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Well-marked circular (useful yellow markings and/or cairns). Beautiful panoramic views. Rich variety of flowers at this time of year. 4½-hour hike.

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La balade ferralaise
La balade ferralaise

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 28, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

3) Trail difficult to find, overgrown with shrubs.
4) Same as above, I added cairns to make it easier to find.
Beautiful weather, with ideal visibility to see the surrounding mountains.
It's a lovely walk.

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fcourtois
fcourtois

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 25, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A two-day route with wild camping two-thirds of the way around the circular, at the end of February 2021 with mediocre but not rainy weather, a little windy.

The circular is very pretty and varied... thank you to the creator! The climbs are not hard or long. It is not physically difficult. Superb and varied landscape. The path is sometimes a little overgrown (not much traffic) but nothing too bothersome. Yellow markings almost all the way... difficult to get lost (but we had the GPX, so impossible to get lost in this case!). The end with the "sculptural" trail is original but quite muddy at this time of year.

At the start, there are lots and lots of vultures (it's a reserve)... magnificent! Then there are lots of traces of wild boar (turned earth)... Clearly, there is wildlife in this area. Lots of animal tracks everywhere.

I think most of the path must be shaded in summer.

No water source. Only two rivers at the bottom of the valley (filtration recommended) and, above all, the farm (Carrus dairy farm) can supply water. Camping between points 8 and 9 (but no water, we carried 6 litres for two people for two days).

It took us about 4.5 hours excluding breaks... but we made lots of stops of varying lengths (including one long nap and one night in a tent)... so we never got tired. However, we were each carrying about 8-10 kg (tent, sleeping bags, stove, food, etc.).

The dog from the Carrus dairy farm accompanied us from the dairy farm to Mayronnes and slept next to the tent... except that he sniffed out nearby game and barked as he chased it away... a bit annoying at night ;-)

In short: Great! We'll be back. Thank you to the organiser of this circular.

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