Circular route via Serre du Suquet and Serre de l'Aigle.

Date of your route : Jun 02, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Completed on 01/06/25 - Good weather - Cool at the start. A little worried after reading the messages about the section between points 3 and 4. Finally, looking up, you can clearly see the path between the trees, which has been marked with large stones painted white with a red cross, making it easy to spot. Before reaching point 4, descend 500 metres, then look for the last white stone. At this point, you must turn right and walk 100 metres into the woods (unmarked) to rejoin the path. A pleasant and varied route, especially at this time of year when there is an impressive variety of flowers!

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Date of your route : May 03, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Between 7 and 9, there is a direct path, so point 8 is unnecessary.
3) It is difficult to find the marked trail that leads to 4.

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Date of your route : Nov 06, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

The route between hideouts No. 3 and No. 4 is very visible, but the arduous climb is not rewarded with a view at the summit and is immediately followed by a very steep section.
A beautiful hike with stunning views of Rozans, Fourchat, Montagne de Maraysse (1,567 m), and in the distance, the summit of Petite Séolane (2,854 m), etc.
Otherwise, the hike was pleasant and varied in terms of scenery.

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Date of your route : Jun 26, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Like many hikers, we got lost between 3 and 4. Despite our searches, there were no more tracks!
We had to turn back... Apart from at the beginning and end, there weren't many views of the landscape. A tiring disappointment. We should have read the reviews before setting off.

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

A lovely walk in the cool afternoon air, 21 degrees.

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Date of your route : Jun 01, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk in the sunshine. It is clear that vegetation has taken over in the description between points 3 and 4, at least the 160 metres or so between point 3 and the DFCI track.
→ It is now preferable to follow this DFCI track to the junction with a second DFCI track that branches off to the left, which you should take. You will find the route described by the author of the guidebook about ten metres after a barrier that closes off the track. Between this point and point 4, the path is barely visible and disappears completely after the descent from the small cliff.
Ultimately, it is better to reach the Col de Pommerol and then follow the GR, which leads to point 4 without any problems.
All in all, a rather disappointing walk.

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Date of your route : Oct 14, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

We set off without reading the comments, which was a big mistake. We continued to point 3 and went deep into the forest. We followed the edge of the forest and came to a ravine that we had to climb down to find a road. We ended up on the opposite side of the path. We then followed the road to get back on our route. After all this extra effort, we struggled with the last descent, which seemed very long. Otherwise, it was a beautiful route, but it's better to follow the road to reach point 6.

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This information dates from 2016, and the terrain has certainly changed since then. At the time, my route followed the edge of the forest. See my reply dated 30 July 2018.
Best regards, GR

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Date of your route : Apr 13, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Still the same problem at point 3. We assume that the loggers have "erased" the path described. We caught up via the Baumelle forest road at point 5. We saw the end of the trail described in the guidebook: too late!
The walk is nice, especially at the beginning of spring. We would suggest that the author clarify point 3. Thank you for the following
I should have read the comments! Too bad for us.

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Date of your route : Aug 30, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

We did hike the Serre du Suquet route, but skipped the Serre de l'Aigle section because at point 3, we missed the fork leading to point 4, and another hiker we met later had the same problem... Is this an "unmarked" section? ... which took us to the Pommerol pass before we found point 5, with a beautiful view of Rozans, via Le Fourchat... extra distance and elevation...
Otherwise, the hike was pleasant and varied in terms of scenery.

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Is the forest boundary starting at altitude 1081 perhaps more passable than the first one? Otherwise, the route via the Pommerol Pass seems interesting, although it is nearly 2 km longer.

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I am the author of this hike, which I first did about two years ago. I agree that the trail along the forest boundary was not easy to follow, but at the time it was passable. As suggested by a hiker, climb up to the Pommerol pass via the postman's trail. From the pass, follow the path on the right heading south-east (marked as Le Pertus on the map) towards Fourchat to reach point 4. In theory, there should be no more problems from this point onwards, but when hiking, the terrain can sometimes hold a few surprises.
richermi05

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Thank you Nanard26 for this suggestion, which may be of interest to future hikers.

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Date of your route : Jul 25, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

At point 3, the "good trail along the forest edge" was not obvious to us ... We retraced our steps to the first forest road crossing (in the direction of return) and followed it to point 6, where we saw the beautiful trail descending from Serre du Suquet (5).
The rest of the route is straightforward.

Given the previous comments, which all concern point 3, there is clearly a problem...
It was far too hot on the day of our hike to embark on a more thorough search, but we would probably need to follow the route in reverse from point 6 to find a passable trail.

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Date of your route : Aug 08, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Beautiful hike - Please note that between points 3 and 4, we took the circular route via the Col de Pommerol because on the IGN map
the connection is not well marked... We saw the start of this connection, but once bitten, twice shy...

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