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Park near the Clinique Saint-Vital on the D180. There are a few small car parks along the road as you continue south on the D180
(S/E). Opposite the clinic entrance, take the path that branches off to the left of the low wall surrounding the clinic grounds and to the right of a small cross. Join the D180 and follow it for 200 metres, then, at the entrance to the village, take the first street on the right overlooking the village, following the red and whiteGR® signs.
A little over 100 metres further on, leave theGR® which turns right and continue along the road. About 20 metres before reaching the cemetery, take a path on the left which continues in the same direction, passing to the left of the cemetery. You will reach a crossroads of paths at an old tennis court on your left.
(1) Ignore the path that branches off to the right and continue straight ahead for about 40 metres. When the path begins to turn left, leave it and take a fairly steep path straight ahead (there may be a cross at this point). Cross another path and continue downhill to a forest track (leading to the hamlet of Le Vernet).
(2) Take this track on the right, cross the Ruisseau du Vernet in a left-hand bend, then the Ruisseau de la Liquise at the next left-hand bend, then the Ruisseau du Lauzié. Ignore a path that branches off to the right and descends sharply before you reach a fork in the path.
(3) Follow the forest track on the right that climbs up through the chestnut grove.
(4) When you overlook the hamlet of Vernet, at an intersection with another forest track, follow this track to the right and continue straight ahead for about 650m to reach the Ruisseau du Lauzier. Be careful, this stream is barely visible; to find it, just above this fork and on the left there is an old ruined building.
(5) Take a path on the left, which is not very visible at first, that climbs towards these ruins and leaves them on your left. Higher up, pass other ruins on your left and continue climbing in the same direction towards the Crêtes de Coudière. About 100 metres after these second ruins, you will reach a path on the ridges.
(6) Turn right and follow the ridge straight ahead to the viewpoint.
(7) Continue straight ahead for about 100 metres until you reach the megalithic tombs located on a rocky platform.
(8) Continue a little further north-east to reach the end of a path in the Forêt des Écrivains Combattants. Several forest tracks lead off to the north-east. Take the one furthest to the right to descend. Further on, the track winds its way downhill:
At all hairpin bends, ignore the paths that go straight ahead. Count three hairpin bends to the right and three hairpin bends to the left. Be careful, about a hundred metres after the third left turn, ignore a path on the right that curves sharply (like a hairpin bend) and continue straight ahead to cross the Ruisseau du Vernet at the last hairpin bend on the right. About 200 metres further on, you will reach a crossroads with several paths at a picnic area.
(9) Continue straight ahead on the paved road until you reach the Clinique Saint-Vital (S/E).
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