Les Coux

Date of your route : Feb 26, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

This Sunday, with gusts of wind recorded by Météo France at 120 km/h and temperatures ranging from -5 to -10 °C, it felt like we were in Siberia – but without any snow on the ground.

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Date of your route : Aug 22, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant hike.
One to do again when there’s snow

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Date of your route : Jan 19, 2022
Reliability of the description : Not used / Not applicable
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A lovely snowshoe outing in the watershed area. We got a bit lost after the holiday camp in the Lanaud woods, but the hiking tracker came in handy. At the first junction, we turned right onto the forest track, which was easier to find than the path through the pastures. This route is a cross-country ski route maintained on a pay-what-you-can basis (a collection box at the start). During the week in January there was no one there, but at weekends and during school holidays it might be a different story. Is it suitable for both skiing and snowshoeing?

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Date of your route : Feb 01, 2018
Reliability of the description : Not used / Not applicable
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A snowshoe route. Very interesting.

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Hello, the section in question is after the Tour des Coux, where you leave the path on the left to take the shortest route around ‘the rock’ and rejoin the path you took on the way there, presumably heading towards the sled dog pens...?
Also, be careful of the unharvested fields in May and June... this is the food for the ‘Fins Gras du Mézenc’ and the farmers don’t like people trampling on it, quite rightly so, so on the way back, as on the way there, do try to avoid the colony...

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Hello

In winter, when out on snowshoes, we ignore the fences and the signs disappear
I haven’t had the chance to revisit it in summer, but if I do, I’ll make the necessary corrections

Best regards
Rioufredo,

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Does the route on the map need updating? Where exactly? Thank you for this additional information, which will help us improve the guide.

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Date of your route : Jun 12, 2016
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

Going for a walk in the summer on a snowshoe trail isn't easy
we managed it in the end
we couldn’t find a way through

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Date of your route : Mar 16, 2015
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A fantastic hike with stunning scenery – I highly recommend it!

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Hello,

I just wanted to clarify something about this walk. The direction of the walk means you can’t see an important sign at the start of the route (unless that has changed): the one stating that picking (blueberries, mushrooms, etc.) is reserved for authorised persons only. Of course, you might say that when you’re out hiking, you don’t walk around with 10kg of mushrooms in your pockets, but forewarned is forearmed .

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