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(S/E) Departure from the communal lodge in Douch. Take the wide track on the left, leaving the red and white markedGR®7on your right, as it becomes a small stream in wet weather. You will easily reach the Col de l'Airole or Col de Douch.
(1) Turn right and begin the descent along the yellow-marked trail. Cross the Salis stream, making a wide left turn, and continue until you reach the Col du Salis, a trail junction.
(2) Take the path on the right, still marked in yellow, and begin a long but very easy climb through a landscape alternating between beech forests and gorse heathland on the left bank of the Vialais stream. This path has double markings: the yellow markings are supplemented by a green mouflon head. You will reach a footbridge, another crossroads.
(3) Take the path on the right, continuing to follow the double markings. At the first bend, take care not to venture onto a path marked with a red mouflon head on a tree. Continue up the short but steep climb through the chestnut woods, which ends at the Col de l'Ourtigas on the D180 road.
(4) Turn right onto this road and follow it for a few dozen metres, then turn right again onto the wide track that supports theGRP® Tour de la Montagne du Haut Languedoc, marked in red and yellow. Go through the gate and continue up a short climb to reach the ridge of the Montagne d'Aret. Continue along this ridge to reach the Ravin de Mayne.
(5) Begin a steep descent followed by a rollercoaster ride before reaching Douch and the lodge (S/E) via the route clearly marked on the map, which is not the one shown on the IGN map.
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