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Park at the Bourgea car park, the penultimate hamlet before Les Fonts de Cervières.
(S/E) Take the wide track opposite the car park, cross the Cervereytte and follow theGR®58Variant, which climbs steeply through the woods. The well-marked path winds its way up to a cable-assisted section that presents absolutely no difficulty.
(1) Once past the cable, you’ll reach a vast mountain pasture. The slope levels off before rising sharply again to the left of the Lac des Cordes spillway.
(2) Go round the lake to the right and find an unmarked path that climbs first through alpine pastures and then up the scree. On the attached map, the paths leading to the Escalinade are not shown, but they run all the way along.
(3) Pass in front of Lac de L’Étoile, turning left at a 90° angle, and continue the ascent to the Col de Chaudemaison.
(4) Take the path on the left and, via a few tight hairpin bends, reach the Turge de la Suffie, passing between two large rocks.
(5) Continue down a gentle slope and then up a slight incline to the Escalinade.
(6) For the return journey, follow the same route until you look out over the Lac des Cordes.
(3) Turn right onto the almost level path leading to the Col des Marsailles.
(7) Here, you’ll rejoin theGR®58variant which, via a short descent through the mountain pasture, meets the mainGR®58at the footbridge as it climbs to the Col de Péas.
(8). Turn left onto this path to reach Les Fonts de Cervières.
(9) Take theGR®58variant again, crossing La Cervereytte and following the left bank to reach the footbridge from the outward journey, then head back up to the car park (S/E).
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