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To start the walk, park in the crematorium car park.
(S/E) The walk begins gently with the climb up to Saint-Martin-les-Eaux. You can’t miss it – it starts at the far end of the car park, where a barrier prevents vehicle access.
(1) After about 350 m, you’ll see a path branching off to the right and leading down towards a dry stream bed. It’s marked by a wooden post with a green marker. Take this path and cross the stream via a small wooden bridge made from pallets, which has been built to allow crossing in case there’s water after rain. Carry on until you reach a three-way junction about 250 m further on.
(2) Please note: just before the three-way junction, there is what looks like a path branching off to the left. This is, in fact, a gully carved out by heavy rainfall: do not take this ‘pseudo-path’. The three-way junction consists of one path leading down to the right and another leading up to the left: take the left-hand path. This is where the difficult part begins. Follow the path until you reach a slightly wider track.
(3) Turn left. The path becomes steep. At the second hairpin bend, ignore the shortcut on the right – which you’ll take on the way back – and carry on straight ahead. Further on, take a hairpin bend to the right.
(4) Look out for the start of the shortcut mentioned above on your right and carry on straight ahead to reach the drystone shelter of the Pain de Sucre.
(5) Take the opportunity to visit this beautiful spot and admire the marvellous panoramic view over Manosque and the Durance valley. Then begin the descent along the path you came up on.
(4) Just before the first sharp bend to the right, turn left onto the small path which descends steeply to join the path you took on the way up. Take this path to the left and follow the outward route exactly in the opposite direction to return to the car park (S/E).
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