The start is at the end of Chemin de Mule, in La Destrousse, where there is a small hunters’ car park just in front of a barrier.
(S/E) Take thePR® route, heading due west, ignoring the track branching off to the right.
(1) After about 1.3 kilometres, continue along the track to the left until the first hairpin bend.
(2) There are two options here:
- either continue up the track.
- or you go down a path on the left in the bend for about a hundred metres and take the first path on the right, which brings you back onto the track. This is the route option. On this path, keep to the left and then further on to the right. Once at the top, continue left along the track towards Mont du Marseillais.
(3) Continue the climb along the track which turns to the right. About 150 m further on, on the left, a marked path climbs towards the antennas. Take the one on the right. After a 250 m climb, turn left towards the summit.
(4) Once at the top, pass the Mont du Marseillais transmitters and head back down the track to the fork (elevation 568).
(5) Turn left and follow the track for about 500 m.
(6) Take a path visible on the right.
(7) Follow the start of a track on the right for about 600 m.
(8) When you see a road, head straight up the path on the right.
(9) After 350 m, turn left onto the path that will take you back to the track you took on the way up, ignoring the paths that branch off a little further on to the left and then to the right. You’ll reach this track and turn right onto it.
(3) At this point, leave the route you have already taken and head down a path on the left which leads to the Col du Marseillais.
(10) At this pass, take a path on the left. At the end of this, after about 500 m, you come to a track which you follow down to the right, then you reach a field. At the end, the track turns into a path which you continue to follow straight on.
After the long descent into the valley and a left-hand bend near the first houses, you’ll reach the car park (S/E).
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