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For parking, there are two options:
- at the Soleiado lodge
- at the Terres Rousses car park in Collobrières.
(S/E) Follow theGR®® 90 trail towards Notre-Dame des Anges. At the Sainte-Marguerite oratory, carry on straight ahead and then follow the Route de Vaudrèches. TheGR®® cuts across the first left-hand bend via a barely visible path. You’ll reach a crossroads with a footpath.
(1) Leave theGR®® here and turn right onto the yellow-markedPR®® towards La Garde Freinet – Les Mayons. ThisPR®® starts as an uphill track before becoming, to the right of a gate, a well-marked path running alongside a fence. You’ll reach a small pass below the hamlet of Les Pourcieux.
(2) Wind your way down through the woods and chestnut groves until you cross the Ruisseau de la Sauvette. Climb up the other side. The path, which is poorly maintained, may require you to take the parallel track. You’ll emerge onto the D12 at the hamlet of Maurès.
(3) Head north along the road towards Gonfaron for about a hundred metres, then turn right onto the Piste des Condamines, which is closed to public traffic. A few metres further on, leave this track and take a new track on the left. Continue until you rejoin the Piste des Condamines.
(4) Turn left onto it to reach a path junction near a small farmhouse. Take the poorly marked and unmaintained path on the left, which climbs straight up through the chestnut grove, whilst staying on the right-hand side of the valley. On a very steep section, cross several horizontal tracks. Carry on above the chestnut grove and cross another track. The last one is also the muddiest. Turn right onto this track. After 20 metres of overgrown terrain, it becomes easily passable and climbs to a pass.
(5) You’ll come across the remains of an old chestnut grove. At the pass, the track turns into a game trail that leads back down. Do not follow it. Do not take the steeper tracks either, which branch off at a 90° angle to the left. Head north-north-east for 200 m along a slightly ascending traverse to follow the upper edge of the chestnut grove. You’ll reach a clearly marked clearing used as a hunting post, which allows you to climb steeply up a hunters’ track for a vertical ascent of about 50 metres. It then climbs northwards until it joins the ridge line at an altitude of around 650 metres. From there, a path on the north-western flank of the ridge leads to the summit.
Remember to look back over the final 400 metres to enjoy the panoramic view towards Toulon and Hyères, and to take in the viewpoints on the right towards Saint-Tropez and Île du Levant over the Crête du Treps. Reach the Crête de la Sauvette.
(6) Follow the route back in the opposite direction to return to the car park you chose at the start (S/E).
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