Les Champs de la Montagne

This walk offers a mix of surprises, including a few fords to cross, the banks of the Ouanne on your left, sections through woodland, and, towards the end, a stunning viewpoint not to be missed between points11 and 12.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 9.01 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 4h 35 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 509 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 486 ft

  • ▲
    Highest point: 636 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 443 ft

Description of the walk

The route starts at the Intermarché car park.

(S/E) Head due west and, immediately afterwards, cross the ford using the footbridge on the right-hand side. Continue straight on until you reach the four-way junction. Carry on straight ahead; a little further on, cross asecond ford and continue until you reach the road.

(1) Turn left and head up this road. A little further up, ignore the track branching off to the left and continue to the right until you reach the junction.

(2) Take the road on the left until it ends at the tarmac. From there, follow the path to the right until you reach a road.

(3) Turn left. Further on, you’ll reach the first houses of the hamlet of Les Oiseaux. Carry on through the hamlet and take the next path on the left. Head downhill, following it shortly afterwards to the left and then to the right until you reach a cross-path.

(4) Turn right, ignoring a path on the right and another on the left further on. Carry on until you reach the road. At the junction, turn right until you reach the next path on the left.

(5) Turn left onto the wide path that climbs. At the very top, turn left onto a small path that descends and joins a road.

(6) Turn right to reach the crossroads further on. Turn left until you reach the next path on the right.

(7) Turn right onto the wide path. After passing the 90° bend, continue straight on through the woodland and, a little further on, go through the gate. Carry on until you reach the crossroad.

(8) Turn left and, a little further on, join the D18. Turn left onto it and, shortly afterwards, cross the railway line to continue to the junction with the D950. Cross with care, go up the street and continue straight on until you reach the Fork in the road (cross).

(9) Leave the road heading off to the right and take the wide path on the left. Further on, follow it to the right and then to the left until you reach the four-way crossroads.

(10) Carry on straight ahead until you reach the road. Cross over, head straight ahead through the hamlet of Ponessant and, just after this, ignore a path on the right leading towards the hamlet of La Maison Bleue. Carry on straight ahead until you reach the hamlet of Les Blondeaux.

(11) Ignore the track on the right and take the road on the left until you reach the D120. Cross the road and head right, then take the next track on the left. Cross the ford using the footbridge on the right-hand side. Continue up the track until you reach the next junction.

(12) Turn left down the track, then take the next track on the left until you reach a cross-track in front of the railway tracks. Turn right until you reach another junction.

(13) Turn left onto the road. Shortly afterwards, ignore Rue du Tacot on the right and carry on until you reach the entrance to the roundabout. Take the right-hand exit, pass Rue du Cedec on your right and, immediately afterwards, keep right onto Route de Saint-Martin until you reach the entrance to the Intermarché car park on your left. Cross carefully to the left and head straight ahead to return to the starting point (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 453 ft - Intermarché car park
  2. 1 : mi 0.4 - alt. 469 ft - Road/road junction on the left after - L'Ouanne (rivière)
  3. 2 : mi 0.68 - alt. 568 ft - Turn left at the fork
  4. 3 : mi 1.08 - alt. 633 ft - Junction of footpath and road on the left
  5. 4 : mi 1.81 - alt. 509 ft - Junction between two paths / path on the right
  6. 5 : mi 2.85 - alt. 492 ft - Junction of road and footpath on the left
  7. 6 : mi 3.2 - alt. 472 ft - Junction of footpath and road on the right
  8. 7 : mi 3.99 - alt. 476 ft - Junction of road and footpath on the right shortly after the - Branlin (rivière)
  9. 8 : mi 4.93 - alt. 558 ft - Junction of footpath and road on the left
  10. 9 : mi 5.58 - alt. 541 ft - Junction of road and path on the left (cross)
  11. 10 : mi 6.33 - alt. 505 ft - Four-way junction
  12. 11 : mi 7.25 - alt. 538 ft - Les Blondeaux
  13. 12 : mi 8.18 - alt. 591 ft - Junction of road and footpath on the left
  14. 13 : mi 8.79 - alt. 453 ft - Junction of footpath and road on the left
  15. S/E : mi 9.01 - alt. 453 ft - Intermarché car park

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