Country:
District:
Walk through the village from north to south, to the Tourist Office, located at the start of the road leading to Super-Dévoluy. Park in the large tarmac car park opposite the Tourist Office, just after the junction with this road.
(S/E) Return to the main street by walking up to the top of the car park. You will find yourself in front of the Éterle chalet shop: go round it on the left to take the street leading up to the hamlet of Le Pré.
(1) At the first junction, turn right and, about a hundred metres further on, turn left onto the small road that climbs. At the first junction on this road, you will see the Sainte-Anne Chapel in a row on the left; walk back and forth to see it, then continue up the hill.
(2) The tarmac road ends and leads onto a dirt and gravel track, to the right of which you can see wild plum trees.
Continue along this track, which first turns sharply right before climbing steadily up to the hamlet of Truziaud. Just after crossing a small stream, join a paved track by passing in front of a large building, then arrive in Truziaud on the Col du Noyer road.
(3) First, go and see the communal oven, the fountain and the chapel, all grouped together in front of you, then retrace your steps and turn just to the left of where you arrived, passing a small waste bin hut.
Walk up to the end of the tarmac road and, opposite the last house in the hamlet, take the rocky path that climbs to the left, crosses the same small stream as above and runs alongside the Col du Noyer road before soon joining it.
(4) Cross the road and rejoin the path on the embankment opposite. After about 500 m, the path joins a track suitable for light vehicles, which you follow parallel to the road before rejoining it.
(5) Cross over and follow the bed of the Rif stream if it is dry. Otherwise, follow the road to the left for about a hundred metres, then turn right onto the track, at the entrance to which a signpost (at a place called Le Barry – altitude 1,500 m) indicates, amongst other things, the direction of the Gorges du Rif.
A little further on, a bridge allows you to cross to the right bank of the Rif. Cross over and continue along the new track on the right bank. Ignore all the paths on the right and stay on the track overlooking the Rif.
(6) Ignore a wide track that branches off horizontally to the right, and continue downhill, keeping the Rif valley on your left. After crossing a meadow, the track climbs up opposite, passing through a wood.
(7) Leave this track and take the path that descends to the left; at its entrance, a yellow sign points towards the Rif Gorges.
Follow this path down until you reach the edge of the stream, where you’ll find a small bridge at the start of a path leading back to the village. Leave this path and continue along the right bank of the stream. You’ll soon be walking alongside a cliff on your right, dotted with numerous caves; the path is secured by wooden railings, as the stream has now cut deep into a narrow gorge on the left.
(8) Cross the bridge over the gorge, which is very deep here, at the bottom of which you can see the via ferrata equipment. Join the road leading to the village.
Cross it carefully and continue straight ahead along the small road that climbs gently, from where you will soon look down on the village. Continue along this road until you cross La Souloise, then climb up to the village’s main street (Route du Col du Noyer). Continue to the right until you reach the Tourist Office, opposite which you will find the car park (S/E).
Visorando member
Very difficult 
Easy 
