Camias and La Rouvierette loop from Les Quatre Chemins

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These paths lead to terraces that were once cultivated and offer views of the surrounding hamlets. Most of this hike is in the shade of holm oaks and chestnut trees. You'll feel like you've stepped back in time in these typical Cévennes landscapes.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 6.61 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 4h 20 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate
  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 1,522 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 1,519 ft
  • ▲
    Highest point: 2,343 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 876 ft
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Description of the walk

Park at the crossroads known as Les Quatre Chemins, where the D170 and D354 meet (there is a picnic table here).

(S/E) Head south-west, follow the D354 towards Camias and head downhill.

(1) After about 600 m, leave the road and take a track on the left. Rejoin the road at a hairpin bend and follow it downhill. After about 200 m, leave the road again and take a track on the left. This will take you to a junction of two roads.

(2) Cross the D354 and take the small road leading down towards the hamlet of Camias.

(3) Cross the small bridge, then keep to the right as you walk up through the hamlet.

(4) Take the hairpin bend to the left and continue up through the hamlet, following the road and the yellow markings. After the last house in Camias, the road gives way to a track. Head uphill through a forest of holm oaks and chestnut trees, heading west, then south after crossing a valley floor.

(5) At a crossroads, leave the yellow-marked path and take thesecond track on the right (a track suitable for vehicles) which climbs gently.

(6) A few metres before a sign for “Pié Camp”, turn right onto a path towards Mandagout (the path opposite the post). Walk uphill, take a sharp right-hand bend, continue uphill and arrive at a T-junction.

(7) Join a signposted track and follow it uphill to the left. Cross the D170 and continue along the track leading uphill opposite (beautiful views of Costubague and Mandagout). This brings you to the hamlet of Rouasset (private property) where you rejoin the tarmac road.

(8) Take the footpath immediately to the left of the tarmac road and continue northwards along a path bordered by a low dry-stone wall on your right. Cross a small stream and continue uphill, passing a building on your left (Les Pausettes). Turn right and reach the entrance to the hamlet of Rouas with its signpost.

(9) Leave the road and take a track on the right towards La Pierre Plantée. Leave the hamlet below on your left and follow this very well-signposted track northwards.

(10) At a junction, ignore the signposted path which climbs steeply to the right and carry on straight ahead towards Peyrefiche. Climb, heading generally north-west.

(11) At the next junction, turn sharply right (south-east) and follow a track that climbs steadily (red and white markings of the GR®60).

(12) At the “Serre de Rouas” sign, follow the signs opposite towards Pont d’Hérault (still on the GR®). Ignore a path coming from the left (elevation 654) and you will soon reach the “Les Suels” sign.

(13) Leave the GR® and continue to the right towards La Rouvierette along the drovers' road still used today for the transhumance of sheep to the Aigoual pastures.

(14) Cross the hamlet, staying on the road.

(15) Leave the road and take a path that descends to the right. Join the road further down and follow it downhill to the starting point (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 1,385 ft - Les Quatre Chemins
  2. 1 : mi 0.39 - alt. 1,250 ft - Start of the trail
  3. 2 : mi 0.72 - alt. 883 ft - Road junction
  4. 3 : mi 0.85 - alt. 883 ft - Small bridge
  5. 4 : mi 0.96 - alt. 948 ft - Hairpin bend
  6. 5 : mi 1.3 - alt. 1,165 ft - Pié Camp. Crossroads
  7. 6 : mi 1.56 - alt. 1,220 ft - Crossroads
  8. 7 : mi 1.83 - alt. 1,365 ft - T-junction
  9. 8 : mi 2.56 - alt. 1,657 ft - Rouasset hamlet
  10. 9 : mi 2.91 - alt. 1,818 ft - Rouas hamlet
  11. 10 : mi 3.4 - alt. 2,011 ft - Junction
  12. 11 : mi 3.97 - alt. 2,188 ft - Junction. GR60
  13. 12 : mi 4.57 - alt. 2,339 ft - Signpost ‘Serre de Rouas, Altitude 723m’
  14. 13 : mi 4.83 - alt. 2,136 ft - Junction. End of the GR60
  15. 14 : mi 5.8 - alt. 1,759 ft - La Rouvierette
  16. 15 : mi 6.15 - alt. 1,699 ft - Start of the trail
  17. S/E : mi 6.61 - alt. 1,385 ft - Les Quatre Chemins

Notes

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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4 / 5
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Reliability of the description
3 / 5
Ease of following the route
4 / 5
Route interest
5 / 5
Denis26
Denis26 ★

Thanks idkowiak for clarifying that, I've just updated the description accordingly.

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idkowiak
idkowiak
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Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 30, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Very pleasant hike with few people (we didn't see anyone today!)
The route is fairly well shaded.
However, a few comments on the description, confirmed by my GPS:

At marker 6: follow Mandagout (the path opposite the signpost) and not "Rouas".
At markers 6 and 7: when you reach the T-junction, there are two paths leading off to the right. Take the one that goes up, not the one that goes down.
At markers 7 and 8, I didn't see a hamlet called Rouasset, but two private properties. The owner of one of them kindly told me that the path was just to the left of the tarmac road. It runs alongside the fields with a low wall on the right.
When you reach the hamlet of Rouas, turn right just at the entrance to the hamlet at the "Rouas" sign and you will immediately see the dry stone wall that you need to follow.
At marker 10: Follow Peyrefiche.
At landmark 12: At the "Serre de Rouas" signpost, do not turn left, but continue straight ahead in the direction you are coming from.

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