The Croix de Fangasse in Arfons

Date of your route : Oct 13, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

Okay for the uncontrolled signage; it dates back to a hike proposed in the 2000s and, to date, it is often invisible or even absent...
As for the quality of the description and route, there is room for improvement:
- the description is not detailed enough compared to the one proposed in the 2000s in the book "Balades à pied en MONTAGNE NOIRE" (Walks in the MONTAGNE NOIRE).
- the red route on the map obscures the detail of the map! It is impossible to see whether the red line is solid or dotted. The route should be marked with a red overlay, but one that is translucent.
For these two reasons, the hike is impossible without electronic assistance.

For your information, we were unable to find the Croix de las Fangasse...

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Date of your route : Sep 20, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

It's not easy to find the start of the trail at point 1!

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Date of your route : Oct 13, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : Yes

Hello,
If you feel reassured by finding certain aspects of the urban environment in the countryside, then you will enjoy this hike.
During the first half of the route, I passed two motorcycles three times and enjoyed the exhaust fumes and noise they produced, and seven times I passed a group of two cyclists, one of whom couldn't resist stopping at the orientation table without getting off his bike! Great for pedestrians.
So yes, it is busy, but perhaps less so if I had started before 10:15 a.m.!
Otherwise, the forest is pleasant and probably better when it's raining or snowing!

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Date of your route : May 15, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : Yes

A pleasant hike, mostly through forest, best done on a clear day to enjoy the view from the orientation table. Only the 800-metre stretch on the tarmac road is uninteresting, but I don't think there's any way around it.

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Date of your route : Jun 19, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful hike through the forest, which can be done in hot weather.
The route is dotted with forests, scenic views and small paths.

Thank you for sharing.

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Date of your route : Apr 25, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

very nice hike - enjoyable

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Date of your route : Oct 12, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant route with occasional views of the Pyrenees and the peaks of the Montagne Noire. The trail passes through magnificent beech woods. The small village of Arfons is peaceful. Everything is quiet, apart from the 800 metres of tarmac road, you won't meet anyone. However, it is impossible to do without the app as there are no markings and the trails are difficult to find.

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Date of your route : Oct 11, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Marking the route would be welcome. We often missed turnings and had to improvise the end.

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Hello, I noticed a small inaccuracy in point 9, which I have just corrected.
The cabin is Planque Haute, south of the Sagnebaude forest.
Thank you for your feedback.

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Date of your route : Jul 27, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A lovely, easy hike through the forest.
Magnificent view from the Montalric orientation table.
However , at point 9, the path on the right is poorly marked. We probably took a recently opened forest track (there was a machine parked there) just before the path. We got sidetracked and lost our way on a downhill forest track that led us to a hunter's cabin called Plaque-Haute. This name did not appear on our old IGN 2344OT map (2002). Fortunately, a 4x4 passing by gave us a lift back to Arfons.

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Date of your route : Feb 18, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

unclear instructions

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Date of your route : Feb 12, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A pleasant walk for beginners, with imperfect signposting.
Nice in sunny weather and I imagine very pleasant when there is snow.

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Hello,

Reliability of description: Average

Did the description cause any problems? If so, how can this be remedied?

Kind regards

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Date of your route : Sep 17, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing

Boring. For the most part, we walked along gravel tracks with little interest;

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Date of your route : Jul 18, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

It's a very good route, but points 1 and 2 are difficult to find. However, if you stay on the first track, the route is very enjoyable

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