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Park at the Aurigon car park (there are two), located on the D17 on the left after the junction with the D46 when coming from Aix-en-Provence.
(S/E) From the car park, follow the yellow and red marked path that crosses the stream. Walk along a large meadow on your right and pass under the high-voltage line.
(1) At the crossroads, take the path on the right and pass under the high-voltage line again.
When you reach the junction with the small bridge (which you do not take), continue straight ahead (wooden sign "Barrage Bimont"), then follow the path on the right around the private property. You will arrive at the old military firing range, where only ruins remain. From this plain, there is a magnificent view of Sainte-Victoire with the cliffs of Bau Roux and those of Roques Hautes in the foreground.
Head towards the ruins and take the path that climbs to the right, marked in white and red. Pass under the high-voltage line again, and the path becomes concrete.
(2) At the top of the climb, at the fork, take the path on the left. At the hairpin bend, enjoy the magnificent view on the left of the Bastide de Roques Hautes and Sainte-Victoire. Cross a path coming from the right, continue straight ahead and follow the white/red markings. You will come to a large meadow and take the path on the right, which runs alongside it.
(3) At the crossroads with a larger path, turn right to make a round trip to the Bimont Dam.
Return from the dam along the same path for a few metres, which is marked in white and red. When you reach the picnic tables and the wooden sign, follow the main path that branches off to the right towards "Barrage Zola par la petite mer", which is marked in orange and red. At the fork, keep right and continue for about 450 metres.
(4) Enjoy the magnificent view of the entire Sainte-Victoire National Nature Reserve by stepping slightly off the path to the left.
Continue and pass a paved section with an underground cistern on your right. At the fork, turn right. There is an electricity pole and a wooden sign. Follow the signs for Aqueduc Romain and Barrage Zola. When you reach the concrete section, keep right on this steeply descending section. Marked in green and red.
At the next crossroads, continue straight ahead (do not turn right down the hill), following the green signs. At the concrete section, continue straight ahead (sign for Le Tholonet via Doudon).
Rejoin the SCP (Société du Canal de Provence) canal
(5) At the SCP aqueduct, pass underneath and, at the pillar indicating Roques Hautes 40 min, turn left. Marked with round green and yellow and red signs. At the fork, in the olive trees, turn left, marked with round green signs. At the next junction, turn left uphill, marked with yellow signs.
(6) After the hairpin bend, take the path on the right towards the Refuge Cézanne, marked in yellow and red. Descend to the old abandoned marble works and continue straight ahead.
(1) At the large meadow, turn right onto the path you took at the start to return to the car park (S/E).
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