Park at Col de la Serreyrède.
(S/E) Pass behind the Maison de l'Aigoual and take the forest path heading north, leaving the GR®. A yellow sign indicates: Col de la Caumette 3.3km.
(1) At a fork, take the right-hand path which winds along the contour line and continue to Col de la Caumette, marked by a small drystone shelter.
(2) Turn left, leaving theGR® opposite. The path ends at a firebreak.
(3) Although it is marked on the map, it disappears into the beech forest. Enter the forest opposite, leaving the firebreak that climbs to the right, and keep to the contour line until you come to a wire fence that runs along the ridge. Walk along the fence on your right for a few metres.
(4) At the end of the fence, take a path between two wooden posts that branches off to the right and leads to a large crossroads.
(5) Take theGR® trail on the left
(6) At the Y-junction (altitude 1376), turn right. Go around a hairpin bend to the right and you will come to a meadow.
(7) Turn right onto the path that runs parallel to it. Continue through the Rousses Forest.
(8) Cross a small bridge over the Béthuzon springs.
(9) At a Y-junction, take the hairpin bend to the right and continue to the crossroads (altitude 1422).
(5) Take a hairpin turn to the left and continue to the Col de la Caumette (GR® 6).
(2) Continue straight ahead (GR® 6 and 6A), leaving the drystone shelter and the path you took on the way up (shortcut option) on your right. Continue along the ridge path, which crosses two ski lifts and arrives at the Prat Peyrot ski area.
(10). Turn right and follow theGR® 7, 60 and 66 trails.
(11) Pass close to the Source de l'Hérault and return to the Col de la Serreyrède (S/E).
