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In Éourres, park in the visitors’ car park outside the village. Take the path that climbs alongside the road, adorned with poems.
Yellow markings (rather faded), cairns, posts.
(S/E) From the village centre, take the street that climbs gently to the left. Pass between a fountain on the left and a Biocoop shop on the right, then a cross on the right. After a street on the left marked with yellow-red signs (which you won’t take), continue for 50 m.
(1) At the sign for “Col Saint-Pierre via La Sapie”, turn left, past a house with blue shutters, into a narrow lane on the left, tarmacked for just a few metres, which continues as a path heading north-east.
(2) At the sign for “les Damias” to the left, carry on straight on towards “Montagne de Mare”. A gentle climb through a pine forest, then a deciduous woodland.
(3) After a large clearing followed by an ascent through deciduous woodland, you’ll reach a crossroads of paths. Carry on straight ahead towards Col Saint-Pierre.
(4) On emerging from a deciduous forest, you’ll come out onto a ridge, with a signpost visible in the distance.
(5) At the top of the ridge, there is a signpost reading: “Crête de Mare, 1453 m”; this offers the first magnificent view of the Southern Alps. Turn right, towards “Col de Verdun, Éourres”. Follow the ridge, keeping to the rather faded yellow markings.
(6) Unnamed summit at an altitude of 1,622 metres. This is the highest point of the walk. Magnificent panoramic view.
Continue along the ridge of the plateau, first downhill, then on level ground, and then uphill, following the yellow markings, cairns and posts.
(7) Veer slightly to the right towards the clearly visible summit due west.
(8) Summit of La Mare at an elevation of 1,603. Another magnificent panoramic view, with a bird’s-eye view of Éourres to the right and the Col de Verdun straight ahead.
Head off to the left, south-west, to take a ledge that descends almost parallel to the upper path. Then continue down a steep, zigzagging descent towards the Col de Verdun.
(9) Continue straight on towards Pied du Mulet.
(10) Reach the top of the Pied du Mulet. View of the Montagne de la Mare. Walk across a fairly bare plateau towards another summit.
(11) Summit of Pé de Méuou on OpenStreetMap, elevation 1537 on IGN. Views of the Luberon to the south, Mont Ventoux to the north and the Southern Alps to the west.
Turn back.
(12) Take a small valley (see photo) leading downwards, running parallel to the approach path (to the left of it). It is marked by a solitary pine tree and a yellow marker post.
Continue down a steep slope.
(13) Join theGR®® de Pays and its yellow-red markings. Follow it to the left.
(14) At the signpost marked “La Petite 1260 m”, turn right at a right angle, heading towards: Circular Trail of Tatie. Descend through a spectacular gorge (Vallon de l’Ourdine). This is a long, steep descent through a series of scree slopes. The path then levels out as you approach Éourres (S/E).
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