Country:
District:
The starting point is the car park of the church in the village of Murat-sur-Vèbre.
(S/E) From Saint-Étienne Church, follow the D162 road to the left for 100 metres, then turn right up a small grassy path until you reach a tarmac road.
(1) Continue straight ahead along the grassy path until you reach a road, turn left, cross the bridge over the Vèbre, cross the D162 and reach the hamlet of Candoubre.
(2) At the cross in the centre of the hamlet, turn left. At the second cross, take the path on the right which leads into the forest after the last farm.
(3) When you reach a tarmac road, take the track opposite, cross the pine forest (statue-menhir) and continue straight ahead, ignoring the tracks on either side.
(4) At the foot of the wind turbine, take the second track on the right (be careful not to take the track immediately on the right at the edge of the woods, but at the foot of the wind turbine) signpost. Continue straight ahead along the beautiful flower-lined track (here in July).
(5) At the large crossroads, follow the track that climbs to the left and continue to the next crossroads. Turn left and pass at the foot of the wind turbines on your right.
(6) At the crossroads, turn left and a few metres further on, between a transformer and a cross, continue straight ahead.
(7) At the crossroads, ignore the two paths on the left that are blocked by barriers and go straight ahead, crossing the barrier (private property) and continuing through the pine forest. After 500 metres, take the track on the left, cross the barrier and continue through the conifers.
(8) You will arrive at the junction with the Saint-Jacques path (GR®653). Take this path on the left and follow it. At the tarmac road, continue straight ahead, cross the Col de Garenne and descend to the hamlet of Senausses.
(9) At the edge of the hamlet, leave theGR®653and take the path on the left above the houses. Continue for about 100 metres and then turn right.
(10) Near a farm building (covered with solar panels), take the path that climbs left into a beech forest. Continue straight ahead and at the next crossroads follow the path on the right (not marked on the map). Pass the Ruisseau de Merle stream, then above a house on the right, and continue straight ahead on a stony track.
(11) At the Col de Bouyssou crossroads, at the edge of the forest, continue straight ahead. The path runs alongside a meadow then enters the woods, leaving a path on the right. It then turns left (viewpoint over Murat) and joins a tarmac road. Ignore this and follow the track on the right.
(12) At the entrance to the housing estate (do not enter), turn left for 100 metres then turn right. After the large stone wall, turn left onto the Saint-Jacques path (GR®653). Cross a wooden bridge and continue straight ahead towards La Salvetat.
(13) At the sewage treatment plant, leave theGR® and turn right. Cross the Vèbre bridge, pass a turning on the right, then continue left along the cemetery to return to the starting point (S/E).
Visorando member
Easy 
Very difficult 
Difficult 
