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Park in the car park at Montazels Town Hall.
(S/E) Take Rue du Griffoul and at the end turn left onto Rue du Caire. After 70 metres, at the fork, turn right onto Chemin de la Fontveille at the sign prohibiting vehicles over 3.5 tonnes.
Continue for another 70 metres up the slightly sloping street to see the start of the trail on your right, a concrete slope with a signpost at the trailhead.
(1) Wind your way above the houses to pass a boundary stone (marking the death of a person). Take the paths on the left. Walk along the dry stone walls built by our ancestors to enhance this mountain. Reach the track by following the markings carefully.
(2) Take it, turning left at the start, pass a small quarry and continue climbing. Enjoy the beautiful drystone shelter on your left in the big bend.
(3) Continue on the left under the drystone shelter to enter the grove and walk along the bottom of the mountain for 500 metres.
Turn right after another drystone shelter in the embankment onto another path coming from Antugnac. Continue climbing to reach the summit of Montsec, marked by a geodetic marker indicating the highest point and a gas pipeline marker (yellow). Do not go straight ahead, but turn right at the summit.
(4) Begin the descent on a wide track with beautiful views of the Aude valley. On the less steep part of the track, in a bend, you will reach a crossroads with a path on the right and the track that leads to the large drystone shelter seen on the way up.
(5) Take it on the left to return to the village along the valley and discover some beautiful drystone shelters.
Follow the markings
The route ends in front of the pond known locally as "le Griffoul". You will then reach the car park where you started (S/E).
If you download the GPX track, it will be easier because since this route was posted online, the association has opened many new trails that all lead to the village, allowing you to discover new drystone shelters.
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