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Park in the car park at Place le Plo.
This route is not signposted and will sometimes coincide with theGR®7or aPR® trail without lingering on them.
The use of a GPS is strongly recommended.
(S/E) From the car park and the Atelier du Cuivre on your right, head towards the Cyrano bar and go around it. Before the bridge over the Sor, turn left into the pretty little Rue des Martineurs with its central gutter.
This leads to a small square. Approach the Route de Malamort and follow it to the right. Stay on this road and, a little further on, you will come to a reservoir on your right. Just after the reservoir, you will come to a track going up to the left.
(1) Turn left onto the grassy track. Climb up to the junction with a PR®.
(2) Continue a few metres to the right on this flat area. Turn onto the first path on the right. Shortly afterwards, you will see a rock with cup marks from the archaeological site. Further up stands the Peyre Ficade standing stone. Continue climbing up to Malcoustat. Enjoy the view of the valley.
(3) Viewpoint at Malcoustat. Continue for about a hundred metres. Turn right at the fork. You will reach Jacournassy.
(4) At this inverted fork, at an altitude of 645 metres, continue straight ahead to climb again to the Montagnet service road junction.
(5) In front of the road serving Montagnet, turn left. At the fork, turn right towards the T-junction.
(6) Leave the PR®. Turn left towards the dam. After 200 metres, join the wide forest track. Follow this track. Take the first left until you reach the Rabasset stream.
(7) Continue along the wide track that crosses the stream. Turn left a second time. Continue along this track to reach Lac des Cammazes, at the Gravette dam.
(8) Immediately turn right. Walk along part of the dam and find the Chemin de la Viroune. Turn sharply, then zigzag along the track to reach the entrance to the dam's technical facilities.
(9) Turn left. Further on, continue along the carriage road, which winds parallel to the Sor. Pass Le Rabasset. You will arrive near some small ruins on your right, below the track.
In the bend, leave the wide track and take a path on the left. Cross three fords. Ignore the paths crossing to the left and right and cross the Plan Perdu.
(11) First turn left then right. Follow the path, which winds its way under Les Fontanelles. Ignore two paths on the left. You will arrive at a T-junction in front of a reservoir.
(12) Facing the water reservoir, turn right. At the inverted fork, go straight ahead. At the three-way junction, continue along the small path on the left. Keep heading north-northwest to enter the Forêt de l'Aiguille. Ignore the direction of Roc de l'Homme. Follow the markings on the left that lead to a large clearing. Pass in front of a clearly visible charcoal kiln. There are a few others hidden around the area. You will arrive at the large clearing (location of a beech tree that fell in 2017).
(13) Continue to the right on the yellow marked path. Follow a general northward direction. Converge with the wide forestry track. Continue to the left towards a wide open X-shaped crossroads.
(14) Head straight ahead, taking the right-hand branch. The path forms two circular 180° loops. You will end up at a Y-junction below La Jasse.
(15) Turn right. Follow the twists and turns of the path to reach the road in front of the cemetery. Walk to the bridge over the Sor and cross it. Keep left to go around the Cyrano bar and reach the Place le Plo car park (A/D).
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