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Access: from Montarnaud, head north towards Argeliers. At a left-hand bend on the uphill stretch, at the junction where the road meets the track, turn right onto the DFCI path, near the pumping station. Park your car in the dirt car park bordered by scrub, opposite the station, which is protected by a fence.
(Start/Finish) Facing south-east, at the corner of the station, turn left onto the footpath without joining the road. Join a fork in the path and continue left, heading north-east. Cross a stream and reach a junction. Turn left under the scrub, walk along a stream-side path heading north to reach a multi-way junction.
(1) Turn right for about fifty metres, then at the next junction, turn left through the scrub, heading north. At a fork in the road with two paths, keep left to continue heading north-east. Keep right at the next fork and walk alongside Lac de Guizard, which is a large pond on your left. After a left-hand bend, you’ll reach a three-way junction in an open area.
(2) Go straight on, crossing a small hillock beneath a hunter’s lookout post, heading north-west: the path is not shown on the map. Reach a junction, go straight on for 30 metres and arrive at a crossroads. Turn right onto an uphill path heading north-east towards the Bois de Guinée. Avoid all turn-offs. Take a left-hand bend heading north-west and traverse the Bois de Guinée along its flank to reach a DFCI crossroads.
(3) Turn right, heading east then north-east, downhill. At the bend, keep to the right, cross a stream and negotiate a hairpin bend to the left to reach a junction marked by a cairn.
(4) Take the path on the right through the coppice, heading east then north.
(5) Rejoin the path you left earlier and continue to the right along the path. Reach theGRP®® Tours route in the Grand Pic Saint-Loup.
(6) Turn right onto it and follow the yellow-red markings. After a series of bends, walk past the Priory and its cross. Cross a stream at a bend and reach a crossroads.
(7) Keep to the right to stay on theGRP®®. Pass Saugras, walking past a stone cross on your right. At the next bend, leave theGRP®® briefly by turning right, then rejoin it at the end of the bend. Take it again to the left. Pass between two rocks, cross a stream, keep the Champ de l’Hort on your right and reach a crossroads in open ground.
(8) Turn right. Walk alongside a fenced-off area on your right for 30 metres. At the start of an ascending path, go through a gate, close it behind you, and continue heading south-east, then south-west after a right-hand bend. Reach a cairn to begin the Roc de Pampelune circular route and its oppidum
(9) Turn right and continue straight on, climbing in a westerly direction. After a bend, reach a section of path. At the cairn marking the junction of the path, turn left, continue through the undergrowth and coppice, following the visible track which is marked throughout by cairns. Head towards another cairn. At the cairn where the path joins, turn left to reach the zero point of the archaeological site. This marks the boundary between the Roc de Pampelune and the summit of the climbing spot; follow the GPS track.
(10) Cross the northern part of the ruins, keeping to the left on the descending path. At the cairn where the paths meet, keep to the left as you descend and reach the junction of the circular loop.
(9) Turn right downhill and rejoin the GRP®®.
(11) Turn left onto it and you will soon come to the Y-junction onthe PR®® marked by yellow marker no. 7. Keep to the right, cross a stream and walk alongside the Bois de l’Aven on your right. When you reach the fork in the bend, keep to the right and you will reach a junction: please note that this junction is off-centre on the map, which is incorrect.
(12) Turn left, stay on thePR®® and reach the D127. Turn right onto it and follow it for about a hundred metres until you reach a junction of paths.
(13) Keep left on thePR®® marked in yellow. Keep to the right, avoiding the first left turn into an open area. Continue on and join theGRP®® Tours dans le Grand Pic Saint-Loup, also known as the Chemin du Vieux Pigeonnier.
(14) Turn right onto this path, following the yellow-and-red markings. You’ll reach a road and the entrance to the village of Murles.
(15) Leave theGRP®® here by turning right onto the D127. Leave this road again about a hundred metres further on to turn left onto Rue du Sentier des Capriers. Turn immediately right onto Chemin des Ouillères and continue along the path that follows it. Cross a stream and rejoin the GRP®® straight afterwards. Take this to the right to reach another crossroads of paths at a place called La Passière.
(16) Leave theGRP®® and turn left onto thePR®® marked in yellow. Avoid all side paths and head southwards along the summit section of Le Travers. Turn right at the Fork in the road onto thePR®® as it curves. Continue along the road below on your left, passing two hairpin bends, then join the road at a three-way junction.
(17) Turn right at the electricity pylon and follow the yellow markings. Heading north, walk past the hamlet of Les Vignes de l’Arnède and reach a crossroads.
(18) Turn left and head uphill on thePR®® (yellow markings). At the Fork in the road, keep right on thePR®® (IGN map is incorrect). Follow a stream and climb up to reach the D127E6 road.
(19) Cross the road and take the path leading uphill opposite on thePR®® (yellow markings). Pass close to Dolmen A at Mas Reynard. You will then reach the hamlet known as Le Closcas; keep right on thePR®® and continue to a crossroads.
(20) Turn right onto thePR®® (yellow markings). Walk past the cistern on your left, avoiding the left-hand exit, then reach a junction. Leave thePR®® and head diagonally left downhill, heading north-west. Take the DFCI track. Cross the Bois de Nasse, avoiding all exits. Then return to the initial junction you passed on the way out.
Turn left and follow the route taken on the way there to return to the dirt car park (S/E)
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