La Garde-Guérin - Les Gorges du Chassezac - Fangeas - Le Mont

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Descent into the Chassezac Gorges from La Garde-Guérin, a magnificent fortified village.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 7.47 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 15 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate
  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 385 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 383 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 872 m
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    Lowest point: 483 m
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The church of La Garde Guérin
La Garde Guérin
Chassezac Gorges
Uphill trail

Description of the walk

Leaving Villefort, take the D906 towards Langogne. The village of La Garde-Guérin is located on the right, about 100 metres from the road. Park in the car park at the entrance to the village.

(S/E) From the car park, go around the village of La Garde-Guérin on the right, then take the path on the right towards Le Mont (or La Viale or Souliol).

(1) At the large wooden cross and the sign for "La Ritournelle", take the path on the left towards Le Béal (La Chalmette, Souliol) and descend along the beautiful path overlooking the gorges.

(2) At the sign for "Le Béal", turn right towards Loubat (Souliol, Le Mont) and follow the path that runs alongside the gorges until you reach the sign for "Le Loubat".

(3) At the "Le Loubat" sign, take the path on the right that climbs back up to the plateau towards the "L'estrechet" sign (Le Mont, La Viale). Pass in front of a small clède, reach the ridge and follow it to the "L'Estrechet" sign.

(4) Continue straight ahead on the path towards Le Mont. Join a road and follow it until you reach a 90° left turn.

(5) At the sign for "Le Mont", leave the road and follow the path on the right for about 50 metres. At the three-way junction, turn right to reach the intersection.

(6) Turn left towards La Garde-Guérin and continue straight ahead to reach the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 866 m - Car park at the entrance to the village
  2. 1 : km 1.16 - alt. 859 m - La Ritournelle, on the left
  3. 2 : km 2.25 - alt. 631 m - Balise le Béal - Gorge du - Chassezac (rivière)
  4. 3 : km 3.27 - alt. 487 m - Le Loubat beacon
  5. 4 : km 4.88 - alt. 839 m - L'Estrechet, straight ahead
  6. 5 : km 5.21 - alt. 838 m - "Le Mont" sign
  7. 6 : km 5.49 - alt. 848 m - Turn left
  8. S/E : km 7.47 - alt. 868 m - Car park at the entrance to the village

Worth a visit

Reviews and comments

4.5 / 5
Based on 15 reviews
Reliability of the description
4.6 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.3 / 5
Route interest
4.6 / 5
frederic71
frederic71

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 05, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

This hike is a bit steep, so consider adding a short detour to the river after point number 3 to cross a spectacular footbridge.

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Line/48
Line/48

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 13, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Please allow a little extra time as the descent is somewhat challenging; additional markings would be useful in certain areas

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gazok54
gazok54 ★

Thank you all

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bececoste
bececoste

I would like to thank petit-vaux and lezardsdechoix for their comments regarding the tag errors.

I have corrected my guidebook accordingly and wish all Visorandonneurs a wonderful hike in this magnificent landscape.

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FrancoisAnnie30
FrancoisAnnie30

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 13, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Very well described and clearly marked. Beautiful hike and lovely, uncrowded trail. Be careful, the descent is steep and must be taken into account.

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Dods40
Dods40

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 13, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A physically demanding hike, not recommended for walkers who are not used to steep paths with impressive ravines, especially at the start of the descent.
But a superb trail.

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lezardsdechoix
lezardsdechoix

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 14, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A superb walk that I combined with the other "Chassezac Gorges and Roure Plateau" walk, taken in reverse and cutting towards Roure (crossing the Chassezac on rocks without difficulty), descent from La Chalmette, with a superb clède (stone hut) then a water channel (left bank), crossing on a footbridge (it feels like Nepal), walk along the right bank on flat ground over a water channel filled with earth and stones, with an ascent via Le Loubat and Le Mont.
Reservations about the map as points 2 and 3 do not seem to correspond to the posts on the ground. The post supposed to be at bridge 3 (the Loubat) is at the level of the clède.
Apart from this minor issue, the views are superb, and the village itself is worth a visit.
Thanks to the author for this great idea for a walk!

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petit-vaux
petit-vaux

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 25, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very interesting, varied and enjoyable route, with beautiful colours from the flowering heather and mossy rocks. More difficult than advertised, especially on the descent.
A few errors in the description:
- Marker no. 2 is located where marker no. 3 should be
- Marker no. 3 is further away, near the stone hut.
The markers at the end of the circular loop are not obvious.

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Valérie Ctmg
Valérie Ctmg

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 06, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful hike to do, without much difficulty. The climb is long but the trail is beautiful and the views are magnificent!

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Marc Vandevelde
Marc Vandevelde

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 23, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Hiking in a vast, wild landscape with spectacular views. The village of La Garde Guèrin is fantastic.

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les MM's
les MM's

Overall rating : 3 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 15, 2019
Reliability of the description : Not used / Not applicable
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing

This is a rather unusual hike, as you have to climb a lot of elevation for very little reward, i.e. to reach no noteworthy points. You start with a steep descent through the forest to a ruin in the middle of the forest that offers no particular view (you can hear the river without seeing it), only to immediately climb back up another (fairly similar) path that is just as steep. A hike just for the effort, apparently. Fortunately, the walk on the plateau offers a parish specific to Brittany, beautiful view. I didn't understand the point of going down and back up again. It took us 3½ hours.

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touboul
touboul

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 11, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Very beautiful parish-specific to Brittany hike with magnificent scenery, especially in the gorges; best done with good footwear

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bececoste
bececoste

Hello,

Thank you, gary30, for pointing out the error in point 5; I will correct my description accordingly.

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dplenet
dplenet

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : May 15, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A lovely walk to do in dry weather with good footwear.

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