The hillsides of Pamiers via the Abbaye de Cailloup

A pleasant walk, but we fell on a mowing day around the abbey and the round of tractors greatly disturbed the peace and quiet of the place. The description is satisfactory. However, we can specify that the abbey car park is called the Barès car park and arrange it as follows (2): At the end of the wood, turn left, leaving the relay station behind you, along the tarmac road for 500m. Opposite you is a track that crosses the road and joins it at a crossroads. At (4), it would be preferable simply to say: Return to the road and follow it for a hundred metres or so until you reach a start on the right. These are just details, but they can help avoid any hesitation.

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Nice little hike (3 hrs), first along the banks of the Ariege, then up the hills into the woods (GR route at the start, then yellow markings), then along little-used roads and back down a wild path towards Pamiers, a sometimes steep and slippery descent that leads to a road 500 m before the Pamiers sign. Then a short visit to the historic centre of Pamiers

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We followed the route after recording it and had no trouble following it. After the abbey, there's a steep gradient, not very long, but it climbs for a quarter of an hour. Then we arrive on the hillsides with the pleasure of seeing Mont Valier, emblematic of the Couserans, located in our Pyrenees 😁 which rises to 2838m. A must-do. Then the hike follows a road between points 3 and 4, the least good of the hike. To finish the hike is very wooded, the area is quiet and very pleasant. The route has no difficulties.

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The route is very good as far as Cailloup Abbey, but it was impossible to follow the course on the hillsides because it was so muddy.
Do it again in dry weather!

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Done at the end of December, the route was pleasant but very muddy. Don't forget your sticks 😉

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easy-to-follow route
slight gradient
pleasant
pretty views

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A short hike for children.

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Thank you for future hikers. If you wish, I can send you the track I recorded to confirm your corrections. Best regards.

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Thank you for your comments. I've just reworked the route and the description after the (4) based on the route on the IGN map, magnified as much as possible, which shows a dotted line.

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We did this loop on 6 April on a bright spring day. Everything would have been perfect if we hadn't tried to follow the downloaded itinerary. Like many before us, we had to turn back after finding ourselves on some unlikely paths. It's true that the comments pointed out an error in the route indicated by the GPS. But you still have to read them: to prepare the hike, the IGN map and the elevation profile are more useful to me than comments that are inevitably subjective.
Given the number of hikers reporting the route error, wouldn't it be possible to correct the GPX file that is made available on the site?

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Same remark as previous hikers: follow the yellow signs for Pamiers between points 4 and 5.
Otherwise a pleasant circuit, although too much road

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A pleasant route with beautiful views.

Some steep climbs, but within easy reach.

In the last few kilometres, there was a gap of around 30 metres between the track and the reference point, which raised a few red flags.
But the actual track is generally parallel.

Apparently, the trail has been modified.

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Fortunately, a local put us back on the right path, but we weren't the first... We should have read the previous reviews more carefully, as they clearly mentioned this error (thank you to them).
This is a pleasant walk on a fine summer's day, especially for the wooded part and the beautiful view over Pamiers.
Thanks to the author

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A beautiful hike, with an orientation table at the halfway point offering a great view of the Pyrenees. A small clarification that other hikers have already mentioned. Between points 4 and 5, the GPS track proposed by Visorando is incorrect. Instead of turning right as indicated, you should always follow the yellow signposting towards Pamiers. This route passes above and to the left of the route indicated and ends up joining it just before point 5. Otherwise, a big well done to the author who has shown us a beautiful region.
Evelyne and George

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Nice walk with pretty sections: riverside, forest, etc.
Less interesting upper section: road (very little traffic, but of little interest)
Climb in the forest sometimes a little steep, slippery after rain
Good if you are based in Pamiers and want to go for a walk without taking the car.

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