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Park in the large car park behind La Poste.
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(S/E) Take Rue Basse on the left, then immediately turn right onto Chemin du Réservoir.
Follow this road uphill through the villas and continue on the DFCI track, which is even steeper!
Continue along this track until you reach an intersection with a road at an altitude of 256 m.
(1) Turn right onto the marked track and follow it for about 300 m.
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(2) At this right-hand bend, leave the track and continue straight ahead on another unmarked track. Then walk past a house on the left across a field and turn right at the altitude of 251 m when the track turns into a stony path climbing up the south-facing slope. Shortly afterwards, the path widens out onto a flat area.
(3) Take the path on the left that climbs straight up in a northerly direction. Ignore a path that turns left and continue in the same direction. A few green markings on the ground can be used as a guide.
(4) After a less steep section, the path goes around the summit of Serre d'Avène on the left and reaches it from the west. There is a beautiful view of the Cévennes peaks, the Mialet area and Saint-Jean-du-Gard to the west. To the east, there is a view of Alès and Mont Bouquet.
(5) Then take the path that descends to the right. After about a hundred metres, turn right again to rejoin the same route as on the ascent and descend to the previous point.
(3) Then descend to the left to a small pass and immediately climb back up to the right on a ravined path.
(4) After a short but beautiful climb, continue on the same path, which descends to the right and reaches a wide track.
(6) Turn right for a few metres.
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(7) Leave the track on the left via a path that turns into a trail. This climbs towards Serre de la Cabane and turns left, running parallel to the high-voltage power line on the right.
At a tree marked with a yellow line, don't miss the path that descends to the right (if you return to the previous track, you have gone a few metres too far).
Descend quickly (but carefully) following this marked path until you reach the fields on the edge of the village. Keep to the right to cross the valley, then turn left onto the path and return to the starting point via the Mas Martial path (A/D).
Lots of rocks on the way up, but especially on the way down...! Watch where you put your feet!
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