Between Blaizac and Intres, around the Ruisseau de Gournier

Date of your route : Apr 15, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Hello
The start is poorly signposted; you need to head down to the bottom right. The route is 7.28 km long, not 5.87 km, and the elevation gain is 380, not 250. It’s a lovely walk but more challenging than expected. Several of the paths mentioned in the description don’t actually exist, so you end up taking a few slight detours. The end is tough, but even at the very start the climb is quite steep. A walk worth doing once. Thanks

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Date of your route : Oct 13, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Hello

It was a tricky start, given the description.
We parked at the bottom of the village, then headed towards the three-way junction, turning left to reach the top of the village. There’s a green transformer with a white and yellow Cross, and the start of a path that climbs a little before descending alongside cow pastures. When you reach a chestnut grove, turn right and head down to the river, where you’ll find yellow markings.
Follow the trail without any difficulty right back to the start.
In fact, the other possible starting point is in the village at the three-way junction, but on the right (sign for a rural lodge), which is signposted, then further on towards INTRES.
The walk was lovely; chestnut trees as far as the eye can see and beautiful autumn light. Not very difficult; we completed it in 1½ hours.

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Date of your route : Aug 05, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A lovely walk through the woodland, which is particularly pleasant in summer, especially during a heatwave! We did the route in reverse: that works very well too, and it means you avoid the climb at the end of the walk. On 4 August, there were still a few plants in bloom – circe, scabious, St John’s wort and willowherb at the highest points…

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Date of your route : Apr 18, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

The vast majority of the description does not match the reality on the ground. Fortunately, the ‘return’ to the old signposting (yellow and white) and the compass enabled us to complete a circular walk.

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Date of your route : Sep 17, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing

As is often the case in the Ardèche, this walk was made difficult by a very stony final climb. The route description is unreliable. I couldn’t find the hairpin bend, and the path signposted ‘Blaizac’ and ‘Intres’ isn’t the one that leads to the wooden bridge – which is actually made of stone.

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Date of your route : Apr 21, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A lovely spring walk when the chestnut trees haven’t yet put out their leaves, which gives you a wonderful view of the mountains.

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