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Coming from Aubenas or Vals-les-Bains, pass the town sign and continue for about 300 metres to find a small car park on the left.
(S/E) Continue along the road (D218) on foot until you reach the crossroads. Ignore the first road on the right and take the marked route (yellow and white) which climbs slightly to the left. After 50 metres, take the right-hand path.
(1) At Mas Béraud, turn left, then 20 metres after the last houses, take the path that climbs to the right. Continue to Le Monteil.
(2) Pass Le Monteil on the left as you climb, then above it, take the wide path on the left that climbs more gently.
(3) At La Malette, keep to the right at the crossroads so that you pass in front of the houses. Continue to a three-way junction on the left, which leads back to Saint-Andéol-de-Vals.
(4) Keep right towards Saint-Joseph-des-Bancs. After 300 metres, look for a path on the left, which will be the return route.
(5) Continue for another 50 metres until you reach the fork before Grange. Keep slightly to the left on the uphill section, leaving the path that runs alongside Grange on your right. Continue on the Haute Cévenne d'ArdècheGRP® trail, marked in yellow/red. After a relatively gentle climb, follow the path, which is almost level.
(6) After passing under Mas du Cachot, take a sharp left turn shortly afterwards to pass above the house (leaving the hamlet of Le Bénéfice on your right). Continue along the hairpin bend to the right. Go over a pass, then gradually begin a descent through the chestnut trees towards the Ruisseau du Mazel stream. Take care on this steeper section, where the path is less obvious (look for the yellow/white and yellow/red markings) and sometimes slippery or stony. Close the gates carefully behind you. The slope becomes gentler above the meadows that lead to the hamlet of Mazel. Cross the Pivachier stream via a small bridge and continue straight ahead on the road for about 20 metres. Moulin de Raoul is the first house on the left, clearly signposted.
(7) From Raoul's mill, retrace your steps a little to cross the bridge over the Mazel stream, heading west. In the hamlet, turn left at the crossroads, heading south. About a hundred metres after the hamlet, the road turns south-west and climbs uphill.
(8) Cross a road (D218) that makes a hairpin bend. At the end of the bend, take the small road on the left downhill towards Le Bouchet (sign). Cross this hamlet. Further down, you will reach the D218, which you follow for 100 metres to the left.
(9) At a place called L'Abeillaud, turn left again, cross the Sandron river and, at the second hairpin bend, continue straight ahead along the path that joins the road a little higher up. Keep to the right.
(10) Cross the hamlet of Le Peyron and continue up the path to find yourself back among the chestnut trees and rejoin the common route near Grange.
(5) Turn right to follow the outward route to the next fork.
(4) Keep right on the return route to Saint-Andéol-de-Vals via the Bois de Barte.
(11) At the crossroads signposted La Malette, do not take this direction and keep to the right.
(12) Pass the hamlet of Vignolles and, at the entrance to Saint-Andéol-de-Vals, you will come to the fork in the road you took on the way out. Turn right onto the D218 and head for the car park (S/E).
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