The forest in Blajan

An ideal and pleasant hike on a hot day because, as its name suggests, it takes place mainly in the woods. Blajan is a charming little village in the Comminges region.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 8.87 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 10 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 235 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 233 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 398 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 289 m

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Description of the walk

(S/E) Start at the car park in front of the cemetery. Opposite the church, take the street on the right and turn right at the crossroads onto Chemin du Cap de Rist. Continue straight ahead, leaving a path on your left, then pass Chemin de la Castagnede on your right and continue to the right-angle bend where you leave the road.

(1) Take the path opposite and continue along this track through the woods.

(2) Leave a path on your right, which you will take on the way back, and continue to the junction with a tarmac road.

(3) Turn right and take this downhill path. At the junction, take the path on the left and continue to the Source de Lerd.

(4) After a break, turn around.

(3) Turn left onto the route you took on the way there until you reach a path that branches off to your left.

(2) Turn left and stay on this path, which runs through the woods, then along a road and a stream. After a fairly steep climb, you will reach a T-junction. Turn left and continue along this road until you reach a forest path.

(5) Turn right and follow the path uphill out of the forest. The track turns into a stone path. Continue until you come to a grassy path on the left.

(6) Turn left and carefully follow this path, which further on runs between the D633 road and the Gesse stream. Continue until you reach the junction with the D633 road.

(7) Cross the road carefully and take the path furthest to the right opposite. Stay on this path, which turns into a rural track at the edge of the forest. Continue in the same direction until you reach the junction with Route de la Tuilerie.

(8). Turn right onto Route de la Tuilerie, then cross Route de Boulogne with caution. Continue straight ahead to Place de l'Église, then go around the church to arrive in front of the cemetery (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 360 m - Departure: Cemetery car park
  2. 1 : km 1.38 - alt. 381 m - Chemin Cap de Rist crossroads
  3. 2 : km 1.9 - alt. 375 m - Start of the round trip
  4. 3 : km 2.62 - alt. 332 m - D41e road junction
  5. 4 : km 2.85 - alt. 309 m - Source de Lerd
  6. 5 : km 6.17 - alt. 296 m - Forest path junction near the - Gesse (rivière) - Affluent de la Save
  7. 6 : km 6.62 - alt. 333 m - Saint Sarran path junction
  8. 7 : km 7.69 - alt. 297 m - D633 junction
  9. 8 : km 8.55 - alt. 359 m - Crossroads with Route de la Tuilerie
  10. S/E : km 8.87 - alt. 360 m - Cemetery car park

Notes

  • In the undergrowth, the pebbles on the path can be very slippery, especially between points (2) and (5).

Worth a visit

  • Lerd spring and its picnic area.
  • Blajan village.

Reviews and comments

4.6 / 5
Based on 6 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.8 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.2 / 5
Route interest
4.8 / 5
Angélique65
Angélique65

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 18, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Great route, advertised as 8.8 km, but I think it's a bit longer because we shortened it from point 6 to point 8 and it took us 2.5 hours to cover 8.2 km. In my opinion, it must be around 10 or 11 km.
A walk through the woods with 1 to 2 km of road at the start.
The children followed us on mountain bikes, so it's accessible for bikes.
There's a superb picnic area at the Lerd spring. Next time, probably in the middle of autumn, we'll start from the spring, point No. 4.
The signposting needs to be improved; without the route on our phones, we would have got lost more than once.
Otherwise, a very pleasant hike with little elevation gain, in the woods, everything we love!
Total disconnection

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labradornoir
labradornoir

Overall rating : 4 / 5

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

A lovely route to do when it's hot, as 90% of it is in the forest. In some places, the signposting could do with improving.

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randobrc
randobrc

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

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

A moderately difficult walk, best done in summer as the path is through the forest and therefore shaded.
The picnic area (about 1 hour after departure) at point 4 is great.

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yvesrégine
yvesrégine

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 25, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Departure from the source of Lerd with a lovely picnic area.

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chanvinclaude
chanvinclaude

Overall rating : 5 / 5

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

Very good
The picnic area is also very good.

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Shrando31410
Shrando31410

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 16, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Hiking in the forest. Ideal in hot weather, hikers can enjoy the coolness of the stream that runs alongside the Gesse.
Be careful at point 7, where the trail immediately branches off to the right of the D633 road. Do not be tempted to take the wide path, which leads nowhere.

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