Chames Patroux along "ruisseau du Tiourre" (stream) and through Combe Longue for the trip back

Magnificent hike! However, I had to make a long diversions, as the rock cannot be crossed with a dog. The diversions was worth it, there's a path along the Tiourre that was superb! My dog and I got an eyeful.
Just after the spring, take the path on the right opposite the kairn. Before the mill, there's a ford that takes you up towards Patroux, where you can rejoin the path or continue along the right-hand path after the mill, ford it and return to the path you took on the outward journey. To be done after the rains when the Tiourre is full of water.

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Pleasant circuit
Alternating shady and sunny paths
No major difficulties.
Disappointed for the viewpoints, for me there was only one at the end overlooking the Pont d'Arc.
On the other hand, there were a lot of pebbles, but I'd say that's typical of the Ardèche as I found them on every walk!

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Very nice walk. Lots of views. No difficulty

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A very pleasant climb up to point 2 with some magnificent views. After that, it's all stony paths and tracks until you get back to the village of Châmes, in undergrowth and with no viewpoints worth seeing. The description is very precise, but you need to find your way on a map, otherwise you can always use the GPS to find your way.

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A really great outing.

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Perfectly described route. No wrong turns
Grey and gloomy skies. At the picnic site, shortly after Patroux, if the sun had been out we would have had a superb view.
In the Combe Longue, the moss covering the trees is worth seeing.
No nasty surprises along the way. It should be noted, however, that at the large cairn at point 11 the "sentier de Chämes" post has obviously been ripped out; a little further on, an identical post, also indicating "sentier de Châmes", points in the opposite direction to the walk. We ignored this and arrived in Châmes 5 to 10 minutes later.
Nice walk

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The route is pleasant, with no major difficulties, but it must have rained in the Ardèche, because the fords got your shoes wet.
But you can't do this tour without paying a visit to vallon-pont-d'arc, a very pretty place.
I didn't see anyone on this walk.

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Hello,
I did this walk at the end of June 2022. The GR 4F route has changed significantly from point 9 (mât de Mayre). It no longer follows the route of the hike but heads west to return to point 10. We made a mistake, preferring to follow the GR. In the end the route was longer (~1.5 km) and with a bit of an extra climb, but the view of the Ardèche and Cévennes mountains was very nice. It was probably better than descending the combe longue ravine. On the climb up to the mât de Mayre, at around elevation 387, a small cairn indicates a small path to the left. Make your way back to the cliff overlooking the fault you used to reach the spring (nice view).
The path back to Chames from 10 is now signposted. (yellow and white)

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Hello
I did this walk on 04 February 2022 (winter period without tourists).
Thank you for the description of the route. The GR (red) and yellow and white markers have been changed and no longer correspond exactly to the topo.
The description of the terrain helps a lot.
Is this route a few years old? The vegetation has grown a lot
This would explain the changes to the markings. (which are sometimes changed by local rules).
Thank you very much for your help.
I'm thinking of doing it soon with a group

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Easy trail with a view of the meander of the Ardèche at the start, then a loop through the woods without much interest. We weren't able to complete the route via the Pont de l'Arc because when we left the wood, the sign said to take the track to the right, but in reality it took a sharp left turn! The path on the right took us back to the hamlet of Chames after a few reassuring twists and turns...

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A rather long walk with very few views of the gorges. The return is parish specific to Brittany. Definitely not to be done in very hot weather.

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An addition to my comments of 3.51 pm, by one citizen to another:.
The Val du Tiourré and the knowledge of its original plateau well deserved to address its identity with tact and naivety. That's why I'm off to the races, because the comments attached show a de facto geographical discrepancy that I hadn't read. The Ardèche gorges and its curiosities or the Pont d'Arc and its Cirque d'Estre, all very close, are distant. On the other hand, the social life and its traces interested me. The lower mill is mentioned. The upper mill is invisible. The approach to the spring-cave is anecdotal from two different periods. In this direction, the path that follows climbs to a ridge and a crossroads of stony paths and tracks at point 306. The path on the right, 5m further down, on the same slope as the one we followed, leads to the upper Tiourré mill, a technical vestige that the vegetation is demolishing stone by stone.
From this crossroads, our route takes us down the path to the bed of the Pissevieille stream. Such protection, like an iron curtain, is all the more striking given that the bed is around 12 to 15 m wide if not more, that the bed has been torn away from its banks like the bases of the protective fence, and that the mass of crushed material is colossal. What does this river go through when it wakes up? I'll be back but, like Thomas, where is it going? The fence is fading, the bed is shrinking. A rocky bar closes off the exit from the valley. A gorge cut with a knife, less than a metre wide and 2.5 m deep. A 5m drop in the bed, on an incline, stops all progress. Internet will tell me that the waterfall that follows is 85 m long after the rain. My curiosity smiled at my serene naivety, more was not necessary!

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The description is flawless. Well done!
The long combe path is marked by traces of moisture in the trees and remains blind until the sign "pont du Tiourré 4.2km".

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Nice, pleasant walk, but not much visibility of the Ardèche gorges and none of the Vallon bridge.

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With a group of hikers from PAU
we did this tour on Saturday 20 October2018 and I could rewrite the same comment as the one below, to the letter.
I could rewrite the same comment as the one that follows, except for the letter So a hike not to be recommended for discovering the gorges and the Pont d'Arc.

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