Fort de la Dame Blanche, starting from Les Grandes Baraques

Date of your route : Apr 06, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

A very wooded walk. Pleasant. But very poorly signposted. It’s a shame to set off with a specific route in mind and then have to rely on your GPS.

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Date of your route : Mar 03, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A very interesting walk thanks to the view at the end. The route runs entirely through the forest, but the start of the walk is quite strenuous. In my opinion, it would make more sense to start from the hamlet of Les Grandes Baraques; this wouldn’t really shorten the route, but at least the directions would be clearer.

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Date of your route : Sep 12, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

As others have noted, the only difficulty is finding the right route from the car parks; after that, it’s plain sailing.

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Thank you for your comment. I’ll make a few changes to this walk.

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

Finding the starting point isn’t straightforward, as there are several car parks at Les Grandes Baraques (incidentally, the name of the walk should be corrected – it’s ‘Baraques’ not ‘Barraques’).

The junction at point 3 isn’t immediately obvious; it might be better to say: ‘about 500 m after passing under the motorway bridge, take the path that climbs to the left and then, 20 m further on, continue climbing straight ahead, leaving a path on your left which will be the return route’.

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Date of your route : Dec 13, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A lovely little walk; the climb warms me up, and the weather is perfect – 7°C and sunny. The viewpoint is definitely worth a visit; it’s a very wooded walk, so it must be ideal for hot weather.
Glad to have my GPS, which helped me make the right choice at a few junctions.
Thank you

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Thank you for this discussion

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Hello,

When crossing the motorway bridge, the map clearly shows that you turn left. It’s hard to get lost, but I’ll mention it in the description to be even clearer.

Sorry you got a bit lost; I really thought everything was clear.

Enjoy your future hikes,

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Thanks, esylee
You’re new to hiking, so let’s say you might have made a few beginner’s mistakes Let’s wait for the next comments.
As for the difficulty, we can’t rate a hike of 7km and 246m of elevation gain as anything other than easy.
Thank you nonetheless for your comment

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Date of your route : Aug 13, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Hello, this hike could have been enjoyable, but it takes you under a bridge and is very poorly signposted – we got lost. When we found the path again, we were faced with a climb that was as difficult as it was endless. As it’s rated as ‘easy’ and we’re beginners, I must admit we found it incredibly hard to climb.

The description isn’t precise enough; as both our phones had run out of battery, we relied on the printed map for the return journey, resulting in a 4 km detour as we couldn’t find our way. Fortunately, there were signposts, but this made the hike longer. We were already exhausted from the climb, so I must say that a description that was easier to follow would have helped us get back quicker.

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