Mazerolles Ridge Route

A circular route with beautiful views, sometimes in the shade, sometimes in the sun, which mainly follows small tarmac paths. An ideal walk after a spell of rain.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 6.06 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 25 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 715 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 745 ft

  • ▲
    Highest point: 1,198 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 738 ft

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Description of the walk

Park in the square in front of Mazerolles Town Hall.

(S/E) Head towards La Carrère below the town hall, turn left, then at the next junction, turn left onto Chemin de la Serre. Continue to the junction with Chemin de Saint-Sever.

(1) Turn right and continue along this track, ignoring a road branching off to the left at the edge of the forest. This track, which first climbs and then descends, meets a first track on the right and, about fifty metres further on, a second track, also on the right.

(2) Turn right and continue along this track until you reach the junction with the Route de Gascogne, at the entrance to the small village of Fréchède.

(3) Turn left onto this road, continue as far as the church and take the path on the right that runs alongside it. Stay on this tarmac path, ignoring a track that branches off to the left at the second hairpin bend. Further on, ignore two paths branching off to the right, then another path to the left. Carry on to the next junction with the Chemin des Trois Croix.

(4) Leave the Route d’Estampures and turn right onto this track. Carry on straight ahead, pass the hamlet of Jammets and continue carefully along this road until you come to a dirt track on the left.

(5) Turn left onto this dirt track, then turn right at the junction of the dirt tracks. Pass the hamlet of La Coume and rejoin a tarmac road. Continue to the junction with the Route des Pyrénées (D11).

(6) Do not take this road, but turn immediately right onto the Chemin de Bernichats and continue to the junction with La Carrère. Turn right, then turn left onto the road leading up to the Place de la Mairie (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 1,020 ft - Place de la Mairie
  2. 1 : mi 0.22 - alt. 1,060 ft - Junction with Chemin de la Serre
  3. 2 : mi 1.43 - alt. 1,060 ft - Junction with the Mazerolles road
  4. 3 : mi 2.71 - alt. 843 ft - Junction with the Route de Gascogne
  5. 4 : mi 3.98 - alt. 1,066 ft - Junction with the Chemin des Trois Croix
  6. 5 : mi 5.1 - alt. 1,115 ft - Junction after the hamlet of Jammets
  7. 6 : mi 5.76 - alt. 922 ft - Junction with the Route des Pyrénées (D11)
  8. S/E : mi 6.06 - alt. 1,017 ft - Finish at Place de la Mairie

Notes

(3) Picnic break possible at Fréchède.

Worth a visit

The Mazerolles wash house on the Chemin de Bernichats.

Reviews and comments

5 / 5
Based on 2 reviews

Reliability of the description
5 / 5
Ease of following the route
5 / 5
Route interest
5 / 5
bbrunelet
bbrunelet

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 21, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Clearly marked trail. A beautiful area (sparsely populated, with lovely restored farmhouses, and fields or pastures stretching as far as the eye can see) offering magnificent views of the Pyrenees from east to west.

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steff65
steff65

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 22, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A magnificent view of the Arbizon Pyrenees stretching as far as the eye can see towards the Basque Country in the first section.

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