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Start from the car park at the Col du Défends, near the water tank by the side of the Lac d’Esparron road.
(S/E) Follow the road eastwards and negotiate the first bend.
(1) Head down the forest track that starts on the left after ignoring the one leading up to the Notre-Dame des Œufs Chapel. Continue through the lichen-covered oak woodland until you reach a hairpin bend leading down to a stream bed.
(2) Follow the stream upstream on the right. Climb over thefirst waterfall on the left, then the next one on the right. Follow thefirst tributary as it flows in on the left and, once you reach the path, take it to the right.
(3) It ends on a south-east-facing path that crosses a pine forest. At the crossroads, keep to the right and continue to the road.
(4) Cross the road and set off opposite onto a path that climbs through a clear-cut area, then, at the far end of the clearing, into an oak forest. Join a track that leads onto another, busier track, which you take to the right.
(5) Turn off onto thefirst track on the right, then follow the ridge whilst admiring the views of Mont Ventoux, La Lure and the Alps. Ignore the steep mountain-bike track heading down to the left and continue along the ridge until you reach a clearing, which you cross to join a path leading down to the left. You’ll come to a forest track.
(6) Follow this to the right until you come out onto the road at the Col du Défends. Turn left to return to the car park (S/E).
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