Bau Trauqua Mountain

Date of your route : Apr 02, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A really lovely hike; the first half has a few slightly technical sections and a steep climb, but it’s well worth the effort once you reach the ridges, where you’re rewarded with a magnificent view; the second half, which is downhill, is more relaxed, following a wide forest firebreak track, though it’s less interesting.

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Date of your route : Dec 29, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

Magnificent views throughout the entire route.

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Date of your route : Nov 23, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

A short but very pleasant route with beautiful panoramic views of the Mediterranean Sea and the hinterland.
To make it easier to follow the route, follow the navy blue markers (not the light blue ones).
The first half of the route includes some steep sections and climbs that require you to have your hands free.
A lovely route connected to the Pilon du Roy route if you want to increase your enjoyment and the length of your walk.

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Date of your route : May 21, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

150 m before we reached the track (before point 3), we didn't see the next part of the path; it seemed to plunge into the cliff. So we turned around and headed back towards the antennae and then down another path to the track. What a shame. Perhaps there should be signs indicating how to continue.
Otherwise a great hike with extraordinary views; return not very interesting, but relaxing.
Difficulties on the way up on the rocks, as already indicated.

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Date of your route : May 03, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

The start of the hike (after leaving the forest track) is a little difficult (steep climb plus rocks) but it's well worth the effort as the view is splendid at almost 360 degrees (Marseille on one side, the Sainte Victoire on the other and so on) when you're on the ridge. There's a short, slightly technical descent after the Tête du Grand Puech and then an easy path to the finish. I'd do it again in fine weather.

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Date of your route : Apr 06, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

Magnificent walk along the ridge in the first part, which you should do all the way to the end. Very beautiful in spring with wild irises and gorse. 360° views. Some technical difficulties in the first part, both uphill and downhill. It is advisable to walk in the right direction, returning along a wide, gentle path. To be done in winter and in mid-season without wind.

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Date of your route : Apr 06, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A magnificent walk between land and sea. Very beautiful in spring with its flowerbeds. Some technical difficulties on the first part, both uphill and downhill. We recommend walking in the right direction. Sticks recommended as there are quite a few scree slopes.

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Date of your route : Feb 28, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

not having internet that day, it was the first time i'd managed to get there without getting lost with the description and the map provided, i didn't manage to download the map to have it off the network (it seems that this option is no longer available to non-subscribers) in short, it was a great walk in the morning, with plenty to see (le pilon du roi, le massif du étoile, marseille, l'ile du frioul, la bonne mère, laainte victoire, mont aurelien, a little further on la sainte baume and others that i didn't know about), le massif de l'étoile, marseille, l'ile du frioul, la bonne mère, la sainte victoire, le mont aurelien, a little further on la sainte baume and others I don't know)
a great walk, with some unusual sections.
At one point the description doesn't fit (or so I think) because there's a blue cross to avoid staying on the ridge, but it seems to me that according to the following information I think you should have continued on the ridge, because I arrived on the track and went back up to the lookout to get the route information.
It's a short hike but you get a real eyeful and I really enjoyed it.
The return on the track is average but there don't seem to be any other paths. Those I came across seemed to go directly to Mimet and not to the car park where the car was. Panoramic view of the village of Mimet, it looks like a cot perched and clustered together, it was lovely.
a beautiful hike a beautiful day happiness thank you to the creator of the hike

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Date of your route : Dec 30, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

More than average to difficult route with rocky sections

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Date of your route : Dec 09, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

The topo was very correct but there was a small problem at the start. From memory "Go towards the oratory, i.e. south-west, take the blue signposted path on the left". The oratory is the one on Col St Anne, not the one you see at the entrance to the car park!
Without a compass and with the sun hidden (...for a south-westerly orientation), we set off in exactly the opposite direction, as there was indeed an oratory, and a blue-signposted path to the left of it!
Generally speaking, you should make self-supporting topos, i.e. ones where you don't need a compass (in person or on your phone)! And don't assume that you know there's an oratory at the pass! When you write a route description, please assume that you're starting from the car park, under the clouds, without a compass and without any information about what you'll find along the way, because that's sometimes/often the case! Thank you for your time!

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Date of your route : Nov 13, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Nice ride. Very nice.
Criticism of Visorando: I didn't find on the site any possibility of searching by the name of the walk. For example, I couldn't write "Bau Troqua" anywhere to go straight to the descriptions of this walk. That's a big drawback. Vincent.

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Date of your route : Oct 15, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Superb hike, well worth it! Walking along the ridge gives us extraordinary and varied views on both sides, so beautiful! Thank you for this great idea for an outing!
The path is just a little tricky at the very start of the climb from the Col St-Anne, where you have to climb a few rocks and cross a sloping rocky slab at an angle. But nothing insurmountable. After that, you follow the ridge gently, following the Dark Blue and Light Blue markings. There are some nice benches along the way.
There's also a viewpoint in the middle with 2 pretty and welcome signposting tables.
After the tables, our Blue path merges with a Red waymarked path coming up from our right and continues along the ridge.
At a new bench, the paths fork: the Light Blue + Red waymarked path descends to the left, while we continue along the ridge to the right, following the Dark Blue waymarked path (see sky-blue cross on a pine tree).
Towards the Vigie du Grand Puech, our path comes to an area with a directional post: take the left-hand track past the lookout and you'll catch up with a large track that shortens the return journey.
But we chose to continue following the ridge all the way to the end, as suggested by the route: so at the signpost, press completely right, it climbs just a little more and after about 20 minutes of fairly physical descent where you sometimes have to use your hands before landing back on the wide track.
Here, we chose to go straight to the left for the return (without doing the out-and-back to the right of the route). This return on a regular downhill track is easy, but not monotonous, the scenery remains grandiose and you can look up while walking to enjoy it! It takes 3/4 of an hour to get back to the start car park.

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Date of your route : May 27, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Superb hike with magnificent 360° panoramas. The return journey from the lookout at the head of the Grand Puech to the starting point is the least interesting part. Many thanks for this discovery.

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Date of your route : Jan 11, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Very nice walk. Thanks to its author
See my comments by clicking on the link below to my Facebook page.
As the walk is short, we made a small variation with the Pilon du Roi. You will also find photos and a short video teaser
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_f...

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Date of your route : Mar 27, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

couldn't find the blue path to the underground cistern

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