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From Les Estables, head towards Freyssenet - Lacuche and park near the picnic tables on the left-hand side of the road, immediately after crossing the bridge over the Gazeille river.
(S/E) Drive up the road for a good hundred metres to find a wide track on the right marked in yellow.
(1) Follow this track west-northwest until you reach a fork at the edge of the woods.
(2) Turn left and enter the woods (still following the yellow markings). At the next fork, turn left again and go around the small hill of Réchausseyre on the left, entering the woods.
(3) When you come out of the woods, continue along the track to the right, turn left at a fork and you will reach the edge of another wood.
(4) Leave the track and the yellow markings and take a path on the left that stays on the edge. The path soon turns right and descends into the woods. Join a wide track, cross it and find the yellow markings opposite. Continue on this marked path, which climbs steadily and winds through the woods.
(5) At the crossroads, continue along the path opposite, which soon turns sharply to the left. Leave the woods, turn right and come out onto a moor where the slope becomes less steep. Note the cliffs of Rocher Tourte on the right. Continue climbing slightly up the moor.
(6) When the marked trail turns left and begins to descend, take the unmarked path on the right that leads to the summit of Rocher Tourte. In August 2017, most of this path had been recently cleared. Only the end of the climb was difficult to see, but you can easily find your way by aiming for the top of the cliffs. Once you reach the top of the cliffs, take the clearly visible path that climbs to the left and leads to the summit.
(7) Once at the summit, turn around and descend via the same path.
(6) Back at the fork, continue right on the marked path you left earlier and descend into the forest. Join a wide track, cross it and continue to follow the markings downhill. This will take you to a new crossroads just at the edge of the woods.
(8) Take the path, still marked in yellow, which branches off to the right and runs alongside the forest. Pass by the isolated farmhouse - aptly named Bellevue! Continue along the path overlooking the village of Freycenet-la-Cuche and pass above the working farm of La Grangette. Immediately cross a track and join theGR®40(red and white markings).
(9) Follow theGR® opposite and join a small road.
(10) Take this road on the right, pass the beautiful Peyrot farm and continue climbing. The road turns into a track and enters the forest. You will reach the edge of the forest at a fork in the road.
(11) Leave theGR® here and take the track that climbs up to the right into the forest. After an ascent, it begins a slight descent. Almost at the bottom of the descent, you will reach another fork.
(12) Take a grassy path on the left that climbs steeply towards Rocher Tourte. This path veers left, then right again, and begins to climb steeply once more. Ignore any forest paths you encounter. In a clearing, continue along the path on the left and enter the forest.
(13) As soon as you enter the forest, you will see a tree marked with the number 9 (plot number). Continue along this path, which climbs very slightly and then descends again. Join the path you took on the way there.
(5) Take the same path back in reverse: descend to the left, cross the wide track, and climb back up into the woods opposite.
(4). Here, you will rejoin theGR®40, which you take to the right. You will very quickly reach a three-way junction.
(3) Leave the path you took on the way up on your left and descend into the meadows on the right with the GR®. Join a small road.
(14) Turn left and follow this road downhill to the starting point.
(1) Continue along the road until you reach the picnic tables (S/E).
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