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(S/E) From the small car park in front of the church, carefully follow the RD243 to the right until you reach the hamlet of Moucheyres. Cross the bridge and immediately afterwards, take a path on the left that runs alongside the Tracol stream until you reach the road. Follow it to the left until you reach a small block of houses.
(1) At the corner of a house, follow a partially paved slanting street on the left, running alongside the stream, until you reach the road. Stay on this path, ignoring the various paths branching off to the right or left, until you reach the Col de Moucheyres (directional mast).
(2) At the crossroads, take the forest track opposite, towards Granges de Sausses, which is tarmac for the first few hundred metres. This track gradually climbs towards the ridges. Follow it for about 3.5km.
(3) At a bend, leave the track and follow a path downhill, which is steep in places, to the Goulet du Cros du Loup junction (directional mast), on the western slope of the Bourges valley. Keep right towards Granges de Sausses, following the path up towards the ridges, then turning onto the eastern slope of the Bésorgues valley. Continue along this path.
(4) At the first path on the left, marked by a small cairn, follow this well-marked path, climbing towards the ridges. Continue along this ridge path, passing three hunting hides (very beautiful views of the Burzet valley).
Walk along this ridge path, passing the peaks of Champlot and Les Rousses, heading north-north-west. After the rocks of Les Rousses, this path gives way to a wide grassy track descending towards Les Granges de Sausses, running alongside a recently burnt area and joining a meadow.
(5) Go around the meadow on the left, pass two cattle park wires, which must be closed properly, and continue on this wide track, heading north-north-east, towards the Rocher de Cheylard opposite. Pass above the houses of the hamlet of Les Granges de Sausses.
(6) Continue along this track, following low walls and, occasionally, electricity poles until you reach a small pass. Turn left onto a wide, well-marked grassy path leading to the summit of Rocher de Cheylard, which is easily accessible via a well-marked trail.
(7) From the summit, retrace your steps to the hamlet of Granges de Sausses.
(6) Turn left between the broom bushes onto a small path leading down to the hamlet and a house with a grey roof that is being renovated. At the crossroads, turn right and walk a few metres at a right angle.
(8) Reach the (partially damaged) mast at Granges de Sausses. Head south-west towards La Berlie, descend into the meadow (or follow the stakes on the side).
At the bottom of the meadow, take the path that starts after the cattle park, then turn left to cross the Granges de Sausses stream. Go up opposite and follow a sometimes steep path winding through the undergrowth on the right. Pass in front of the ruins of a house, then, further down, cross the stream again.
(9) Reach the RD354. Follow it to the right for about a hundred metres, then take a path on the left that runs alongside the Bésorgues river. Reach the road again and follow it to the next junction on the left.
(10) Take the path that descends to the left onto the RD354, crosses it and then cuts across a bend (Vialat mast). Follow the road to the left. Cross the hamlet of Freyssenet via the RD354.
(11) At La Croix, descend left between the houses to the road. Follow it left for a few metres, then turn right onto a path that cuts across a bend in the Route de la Prade.
When you reach a crossroads, turn right and follow the Prade road, running alongside the Bésorgues downstream for about 1.8km.
At the next two junctions, continue left on the same road. At the next crossroads, leave Chemin de la Plaine on your right and continue along Route de Torte, straight ahead. At a 90° angle to the right, the road continues, running alongside the cemetery. At the first crossroads, continue straight ahead, at the second, turn right. When you reach the RD243, turn left to reach the car park (S/E).
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), but it is a real delight to complete these 17km.
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