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To get to the car park at the start: take the Col Agnel road, turn left just after the school (towards Gaudissard); the car park is immediately on the left behind the school.
(S/E) Return to the Col Agnel road, then take the slightly narrow road that climbs to the left, parallel to the Col Agnel road. It passes over the Rif des Garcins (Molines en Queyras signpost, altitude 1,765 m) then, amid old traditional houses, in front of the communal oven and a fountain.
(1) Cross the Col Agnel road, crossing carefully (Molines Le Serre signpost, altitude 1790 m), and continue climbing opposite until you reach the Col Agnel road again.
(2) Follow the road for just 200 m.
(3) At the rock with the cross, cross towards the sheepfold; the path continues immediately to the right.
(4) Ignore a path on the left, which will be the return route (Canal Pierre Dimanche signpost, altitude 1,869 m). Climb up to the first houses of the hamlet of Pierre Grosse. After about 250 m, there is a signpost on the right, "Pierre Grosse, altitude 1,915 m".
(5) Turn left to follow thePR® towards La Gardiole de l'Alp.
(6) When you reach the Chemin de Creyssant signpost, alt. 2120 m, continue right on thePR® towards Gardiole de l'Alp.
(7) The trail passes between two huts. Please be respectful of the area and vigilant when dogs are present. Continue the ascent. In the absence of trees, wooden posts with yellow tops are regularly planted to mark the trail.
(8) The well-deserved summit! Feast your eyes on the view.
At the start of the season, be careful: the snow behind the cross is a cornice created by the wind but is not supported by anything. It may collapse under your weight. Do not venture onto it!
The descent follows the same route to the Chemin de Creyssant signpost, at an altitude of 2,120 metres.
(6) Leave the ascent path on your left and enter the forest via a track on your right.
(9) Less than 200 m further on, lookfor a yellowPR® marker on the left. Leave the track to join it. A quick descent through the forest, well marked, will take you to the hamlet of Gaudissard and the Pierre Dimanche canal.
(10) At the Gaudissard signpost, at an altitude of 1,856 metres, follow the signs for the Pierre Dimanche canal; this is aPR® trail.
(11) Don't be distracted by the road, continue straight ahead!
(4) At the Canal Pierre Dimanche signpost, at an altitude of 1,869 m, descend to the right and follow the signs for Molines en Queyras. Take the same route back as you took on the way there to return to the car park behind the school (S/E).
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