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Coming from Uchaux la Galle on the D172 towards Piolenc, turn right onto Chemin Pellet Ferragut. Park at the end of the road in the designated area, at the signpost marked "Le Plumet 70 m".
(S/E) From the car park, take Chemin des Vignes. Stay on this main road until you reach the tarmac. At the next crossroads, turn left onto Chemin du Paty, towards B.U. 12.
(1) At the signpost marked "Les Aveaux 74 m", continue straight ahead towards Piolenc. Climb up this main road, D.F.C.I. B.U. 12 (Chemin des Chèvres), which curves to the right. Read the information sign marked "Attention Danger". Go through a barrier.
(2) At the T-junction, turn left for a round trip to the old sand quarry galleries.
(3) The galleries are on the left. Retrace your steps.
(2) Continue straight ahead. The track curves to the left. Notice the scars of the fire in the summer of 2022 in the woods on the left. At the next junction, turn right onto the D.F.C.I. B.U. 11 track (Chemin des Sables). Pass through a barrier.
(4) At the crossroads, turn left onto Chemin des Issards, then immediately right (yellow cross). At the top of the hill, turn left. Continue between the truffle fields before entering the pine forest. At the T-junction, go down to the left to join a path on the flat.
(5) Turn right. Pass a parking area for cars where there are two signs: one provides information on the regulations governing access to the Bollène-Uchaux forest from 15 June to 15 September, the other on the Sentier des Drystone Shelters. Go past the barrier. Ignore the D.F.C.I. B.U. 130 track on the left and descend opposite. Go around a beautiful olive grove on the right, passing above it (traces of paths) and climbing up the dry stone terraces that mark the boundaries of the terraces. Look out for a wooden sign on the right saying "drystone shelter".
(6) At the wooden sign, note the presence of a "cagnard" or low stone wall built at a right angle. Pass over a collapsed drystone shelter to reach a beautiful drystone shelter in very good condition. Descend and continue around the olive grove. Just before reaching the track, note another drystone shelter and large dry stone walls. Continue on the D.F.C.I. B.U. 130 track to the right.
(7) A little further on, small wooden signs indicate a path leading to drystone shelters on the right: you can make a round trip on a marked circular route (not shown on this map). Continue and turn right at the next barrier onto the Chemin de Gourreou, which is tarmac. Go through a barrier. Cut across the bend in the track, going straight up, then continue along the track.
(8) At the next junction, keep left on the D.F.C.I. B.U. 14 track. Stay on this main track, ignoring the turnings on the left and right, until you reach an orientation table.
(9) Continue climbing to the right towards the chapel (signpost "Cantarelle 181 m").
(10) Look for the start of the return trail marked in yellow and red on the right before the chapel.
- Pass in front of the Saint-Baudile Chapel and keep left on the path marked with a green line.
(11) Climb up, turn left, then leave the yellow and red marked trail that branches off to the right (towards the fortress) to make a round trip on the trail that descends steeply to the left. It leads to a beautiful viewpoint over the fortress of Mornas: the two trails are on two rocky spurs of the cliff facing each other.
(12) Retrace your steps.
(11) Continue straight ahead for a superb view of the Rhône valley to the north. Descend towards the chapel. Reach the intersection after the chapel and the start of the trail marked on the way there.
(10) Turn left to follow the GR® de Pays du Massif d'Uchaux. Follow the yellow and red markings of the GR®, which sometimes joins the track you followed on the way up, while staying as close as possible to the edge of the cliff.
(13) Pass a rocky outcrop where you will need to use your hands briefly. Shortly afterwards, rejoin the track at the crossroads you passed on the way there.
(8) Follow the B.U. 10 track opposite (yellow and red GR® de Pays markings). Further on, at elevation 160, descend onto the first path on the right. At the next junction, turn left. Continue along the path that descends towards Mont Ventoux, towards the pine forest, until you see a wooden sign indicating "Drystone Shelter" on the right. Walk back and forth until you find a beautiful drystone shelter with a distinctive shape, in good condition. Then take the path on the right.
(14) At the next junction, turn right onto the track and follow a small marked circular on the left to discover three more beautiful drystone shelters. Return to the previous junction.
(14) Go up to the right on the track until you reach track B.U.10.
(15) At the "Le Crestaïre 161 m" signpost, continue straight ahead, then keep to the right on track B.U. 10, GR® de Pays. Stay on this track at the various intersections, go through a gate and you will find the car park (S/E) just after.
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