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(S/E) Start from Place Cauvin on the RD1. Take the road that climbs north-west towards Berdine and Le Moulinet. The route is marked in yellow almost all the way.
(1) At marker 3, turn right into the cul-de-sac towards a villa. A path goes around it on the right and after a few bends arrives at a track. Continue on the right until you reach marker 5 opposite a balancing chimney on the Canal de la Gravière.
(2) Continue along this track heading north-west to descend to a junction at signpost 22.
(3) Take the first track on the left which climbs up alongside the buried canal. Pass close to a farm and at marker 108 continue left on this long, somewhat monotonous track through the forest until the view opens up onto Mont Vial on your right and the Mercantour behind you. On your right you will also see the village of Bouyon.
(4) At marker 109, continue straight ahead and join a small road. Follow this road to reach the hamlet of Les Combes.
(5) Cross this small hamlet, taking the road on the right at the bus stop until you reach the intersection at marker 135.
(6) At the intersection, turn left onto a small road that quickly turns into a track. After two hairpin bends near the high-voltage power line, a track branches off to the right towards the south.
(7) Continue straight ahead towards the northeast, following the yellow markings. Shortly after passing the high-voltage power line, you will arrive at the intersection at marker 137.
(8) To make the round trip to Monton d'Anou, take the track on the right and then right again at marker 138. You will arrive on a track that follows a gas pipeline and crosses the plateau in an east-west direction. Turn right, pass a gas signpost and, about ten metres further on, a well-marked cairned path branches off to the left towards the south-west. Follow this path to reach the first of the two crosses on Monton d'Anou. The second is about 20 metres further on the left. Reach the summit (superb 360° panorama of the Mercantour peaks, the Nice hinterland, the Baou de Saint-Jeannet, etc.).
(9) Retrace your steps back to marker 137.
(8) Take the track on the right. Pass close to a high-voltage pylon, then cross it.
(10) At the bend near a large cairn, leave the track and follow the path on the left, which is marked by cairns and signposts, although these are few and far between. The path is pleasant and very easy to walk on in the undergrowth. Follow the cairns and the yellow signposts carefully. The descent is quite long until you reach the chimney at marker 40.
(2) Take the same route as on the way up to descend to the village via the track on the right and then the path on the left.
(1) Join the road and descend to the village, which I invite you to visit (S/E).
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