Montgazin Hills Route

The Volvestre Inter-municipal Tourist Office offers a signposted and safe route. Starting from Montgazin, explore the heart of the Lèze Valley’s hills with breathtaking views of the Pyrenees.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 4.35 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 25 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 492 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 509 ft

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    Highest point: 978 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 702 ft

Description of the walk

(S/E) Leaving the church, take the departmental road to the right and continue straight on for 400 m.

(1) When the departmental road branches off to the left, turn right onto a track, cross the Criquonne and pass the Rouja farm.

(2) After this farm, at the crossroads, take the track on the right. On this track, take the path that climbs to the right between the hedges. At the end of the track, you’ll come to a tarmac road.

(3) Follow it to the right, then at the crossroads where four paths meet, turn left until you reach the next crossroads.

(4) Take the second path on the right – the dirt track – which runs parallel to the gravel track leading to the vineyard. Continue along this dirt track for 2 km, crossing a stream. At the junction, keep left and you’ll reach the hamlet of Les Gaspardes.

(5) Turn right onto the D74 and head for the village of Montgazin (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 978 ft - Église Sainte-Catherine (Montgazin)
  2. 1 : mi 0.33 - alt. 902 ft - Dirt track
  3. 2 : mi 1.28 - alt. 778 ft - Crossroads with a path
  4. 3 : mi 1.85 - alt. 892 ft - Junction with a tarmac road
  5. 4 : mi 2.13 - alt. 915 ft - Crossroads
  6. 5 : mi 3.39 - alt. 869 ft - Les Gaspardes hamlet
  7. S/E : mi 4.35 - alt. 978 ft - Église Sainte-Catherine (Montgazin)

Worth a visit

The path passes close to Lastronques Castle and its vineyards, farms typical of the local architecture, and a brick bridge beneath which the Criquonne flows. At Les Gaspardes, you can admire an old well.

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