The Mongardin Trail

A circular route with beautiful views of the rolling countryside. Half of the route is on small tarmac roads, ideal after periods of rain.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 9.62 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 10 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 147 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 147 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 275 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 171 m

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Description of the walk

Start from the car park in front of Saint-Médard Church.

(S/E) With your back to the church, take the road downhill to the left, cross the Petite Baïse bridge and continue along this path.

(1) Pass Château Pican and continue up the road. At the crossroads, turn left and go straight ahead, leaving a road on your right, cross the hamlet of Le Marsan and continue along this road until you reach the crossroads.

(2) Turn right and follow this road, which leads to a path through the copses. Make sure you stay on this path, which climbs up to the ridges and crosses a country lane.

(3) Turn right and continue along this country lane until you reach a small tarmac road.

(4) Turn right onto the path that leads through the woods and ends at a tarmac road. Turn right, continue to the hamlet of Mongardin and pass in front of the chapel.

(5) Take the path downhill on the left. Please note that this path is not very visible from the road. Follow this path, which ends at a tarmac road at a place called Duprat.

(6) At the crossroads, turn right, continue straight ahead, ignoring two paths on the left, and continue to the T-junction and turn left.

(7) At Larose, turn right onto the rural path and continue along this path until you reach the junction with the dyke path that runs alongside La Petite Baïse.

(8) Turn right and walk along the dyke until you find a rural path on the right that joins the Saint-Médard road.

(1) Turn left onto the road that crosses the La Petite Baïse bridge and leads to the starting point (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 179 m - Car park in front of the - Église Saint-Médard (Saint-Médard)
  2. 1 : km 0.64 - alt. 174 m - Crossroads of the circular loop
  3. 2 : km 2.53 - alt. 184 m - Crossroads
  4. 3 : km 4.17 - alt. 263 m - Crossroads with rural road.
  5. 4 : km 4.76 - alt. 270 m - Path on the right
  6. 5 : km 5.65 - alt. 259 m - Chapelle Saint-Barthélemy (Mongardin)
  7. 6 : km 6.02 - alt. 214 m - Fork in the road
  8. 7 : km 7.18 - alt. 187 m - Larose crossroads
  9. 8 : km 7.99 - alt. 177 m - Petite Baïse
  10. S/E : km 9.62 - alt. 178 m - Car park in front of the - Église Saint-Médard (Saint-Médard)

Notes

The Mongardin trail is also known as the Gnougne trail.

Half of the route is on tarmac roads.

Red arrows mark the route.

Worth a visit

Mongardin Chapel.

View of Loubersan Castle at point (3).

Reviews and comments

4.9 / 5
Based on 5 reviews

Reliability of the description
5 / 5
Ease of following the route
5 / 5
Route interest
4.6 / 5
pierreb04
pierreb04

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 14, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant hike, easy to follow with red markings. Beautiful views of the Petite Baïse valley. The end of the route along the Baïse was not mowed at this time of year but did not present any difficulties.

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Emmalou
Emmalou

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 03, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Varied trail
Beautiful views

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bemer82
bemer82

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 27, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk with beautiful views of the plain and the Pyrenees mountain range.
A hike to be recommended.

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gerard archain
gerard archain

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 06, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A beautiful hike, well marked, offering a wide variety of landscapes. It was a pleasant afternoon, with superb weather to boot!
We'll do it again...

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D@niel
D@niel
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Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 25, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant little hike, well marked in red, through the hills of the Gers region on a beautiful, warm and sunny Christmas Day. Although some unpaved sections of the trail were still wet from recent rain, causing shoes to become slightly muddy, the trail does not present any major difficulties except for two or three short, almost steep climbs.

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