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After driving along the D182A for a few kilometres, you’ll arrive at the Pierre-Percée Lake dam.
Park your vehicle in the car park at the dam. Enjoy the view of the lake; a few metres further along the road, you’ll find a covered area with information boards and an orientation map underneath.
(S/E) Following this direction, you’ll walk along a red sandy track until, 100 metres further on, to the left of the road, you reach a footpath that winds down along the lake, marked with a yellow circle filled with green (an unusual marking). You’ll come to a bench at the lakeside.
(1) Admire the castle ruins on the other side of the lake. Continue along the lakeshore to reach the path marked with a Green Disc and Red Disc.
(2) Take this path to the left; it descends slightly along the lake.
Carry on along this path to the jetty, where you’ll see that it has been renamed the ‘Sentier du PQ’ (!) at the end.
(3) Cross the jetty and carry on along the road until you find a path starting on the left.
(4) Head west along this path a little further on, past the safety barrier. Continue along the lake to reach a junction at the ruins of La Xaveure.
(5) Follow the forest track to the left, then, 200 metres further on, take the steps on your right.
Climb this path to reach another forest track 200 metres further up. Turn left and continue for about 500 metres to reach the small path (unmarked and somewhat hidden by bushes) leading to the Roches de la Xaveure.
(6) Take this path to the right and, after a short, fairly steep climb, admire the rock shaped like an elephant’s head 50 metres further up, then turn right onto the path that runs alongside the rocks.
As you continue along the Roches de la Xaveure, you’ll also pass the Roche du Guichet.
(7) Continue along this path until you reach the forest track, then turn right towards the Vierge Clarisse to reach the forest hut.
(8) Take the mountain bike trail opposite to climb back up to the departmental road 200 metres further on. Cross the road and take the forest track opposite; about fifty metres further down, turn right onto the footpath marked with a Green Rectangle.
Carry on, keeping to the path on the right, to reach Salm Castle.
(9) Take a look around the château and enjoy the lovely view over the lake. Then turn onto the path to the left of the château, heading south towards the village of Pierre-Percée.
(10) Walk through the village to join the ‘Red Cross’ forest track opposite the direction you’ve just come from. Pass a water reservoir on your left and continue to the three-way junction.
(11) Carry on along the path on the left until you reach another right-angled junction.
(12) Turn right onto a footpath and walk gently downhill towards the main road and your starting point (S/E).
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