Réglisse pond

Date of your route : Oct 14, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A beautiful hike through magnificent landscapes.

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Date of your route : Aug 09, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

What a fantastic trip above the clouds! As much as I love the mountains and have lost count of the number of hikes I've done, I'm prone to vertigo and therefore avoid any route with exposed sections. I was warned about this one, and I was scared, my legs were shaking, but in fact the passages are not at all difficult technically and the handholds (chains, bars, ladders) are as useful as they are reassuring. We saw quite elderly people with large rucksacks and very young people (even a family with two very young children—perhaps too young )... We were almost alone at the Reglisse pond, with a few more people at La Piède, but it was still very reasonable for August. There was no shade. The rocky landscape was magnificent.

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Date of your route : Jul 05, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

very beautiful parish-specific to Brittany hike with a few tricky sections. Moderate difficulty.

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Date of your route : Aug 10, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A short but absolutely superb hike.
You quickly forget the ugly pipes leading to the second lake when you see the beauty of the site.
The two slightly "airy" passages are more impressive than difficult. This passage just seems very difficult to pass with a four-legged companion.
Otherwise, this round trip is really easy (I'm not a huge walker and I was with three children aged 10 to 14).
It should be noted that there is very little shade, so be careful on very sunny days.
We did it in the middle of summer and there were a reasonable number of people.
For the route, I used the Visorando app, which is very effective.

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Date of your route : Jun 30, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A magnificent site! Lakes, minerals and beautiful panoramic views.

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Date of your route : Jun 23, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

We went a little further than La Réglisse, up to the next lake and on to the last pass, climbing 686 metres. A very beautiful site

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Date of your route : Jan 27, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

Hello team,

My partner and I did the tour (we are novices).
The road is very rocky for cars, but we managed it with our Peugeot 107

We couldn't start at the starting point marked on the map because the road was closed to vehicles by a barrier.
We had to walk an extra 4 km there and 4 km back.

We took the wrong path several times because there aren't many signs along the hike (especially after the first difficult section where you have to go down some steps).

All that was missing was a very simple piece of information: "follow the large black water pipe, which will take you directly to the first lake"

We stopped at the first hut on the circuit because we were too tired and night was falling quickly. Unfortunately, the outside of the hut is slowly starting to deteriorate due to the weather conditions. The inside of the hut, on the other hand, is really perfect. Please take care of this place!

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Date of your route : Aug 15, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

The 5.5 km track is passable with a low car, but you will need to drive slowly (there are many potholes and stones to avoid).
At the top, at the Cirque de Gerac, there are about ten camper vans.
I did this circuit, extending it in a loop via the Crousette pond and the Pic de la Croix des Lauzes.
The climb isn't too long (no shade); the sections with ladders and chains to hold on to aren't difficult or particularly dizzying (and it's fun for children – not too young, though), you just have to take it slowly.
On the way, you pass the first two lakes, La Piède and L'Astoue. Several pools along the way are dry in the summer of 2022.
There is beautiful scenery when you arrive at the Turguilla hut. The Réglisse pond is then quickly reached.
You can take a beautiful photo from the left (opposite the spillway).
Then, instead of returning, as you leave the pond, there is a path on the right: I took it to quickly reach the Crousette pond (60m higher than the Réglisse). From there, you can return to the hut.
I continued along the path on the other side of the pond to climb up to the pass opposite. This path then becomes less obvious and even disappears, but it is fairly easy to find a way through where the climb is more grassy. At the pass, there is a beautiful view on both sides.
Then I climbed to the right (arriving at the pass) on the ridge to the Pic de la Croix des Lauzes (this passage on the rocky ridge is sometimes tricky, but in places you can walk along the ridge just to the left).
This is a good spot for a picnic with a view, in the shade of the cairn (or a little further on a grassy plateau, still with a beautiful view of the ponds and the Ars valley on the other side).
You can continue along the ridge to the Pic de Turguilla (a little less than 200m more of climbing). For my part, as a storm was forecast, I came back down in a loop:
Continue from the Pic de la Croix des Lauzes towards this grassy plateau. At the lowest point just after this plateau, you will see a small lake, which you can easily reach by descending to the right. There are a few traces of a path, but no actual path, yet it is not difficult.
From this lake, continue downhill: you will soon see cairns that lead back to the Crousette pond (to be done in dry weather, as you will be walking through the dry bed of a stream). At the pond, the path leads back to the Turguilla hut.

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Date of your route : Oct 09, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Not a very long hike, but quite difficult for novices.
There are two difficult sections where you have to hold on to ladders and chains.
Please note that we have a border collie and I can confirm some of the comments: we had to carry him to get through these two difficult sections.
But the landscape is worth the effort, with its two magnificent ponds.
Avoid doing this hike in summer as there is no shade.
enjoy your hike, everyone!

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Date of your route : Sep 14, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Thank you for this easy and enjoyable route. Be careful to stay on the path at Astoue Pond, as the trail passes well above it.

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Date of your route : Jun 20, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

It's a very nice hike... but you can't be afraid of heights. In the first half hour, there are two "tricky" sections, and then a very natural valley. With a bit of luck, like I had, you might see mouflons near the Turguilla hut! I preferred the Crouzette lake to the Réglisse lake. It's smaller but more charming in its cirque.

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Date of your route : Jul 28, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A beautiful hike, with a few steeper sections but no major difficulties.
Very beautiful view at the Reglisse pond

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Date of your route : Jul 23, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

the 2 hours 50 minutes given are only for very good hikers...
The second part is more difficult...
I would classify this hike as moderate to difficult...

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Date of your route : Sep 19, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Requires a 5.5 km drive there and back - watch out for gullies caused by storms if you have a low-clearance car.
An interesting walk with some slightly tricky but not very complicated sections, generally stony paths
Beautiful scenery and a break at the liquorice pond in a relaxing spot
At the Turguilla hut, the spring water is enjoyable

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