On the ridges of the Grand Luberon

A loop that takes you to the hamlet of Seguins along the ridges of the Grand Luberon through Sivergues and Chastelas.

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    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 12.49 km
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    Average duration: 5h 20 
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    Difficulty: Moderate

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    Return to departure point: Yes
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    Vertical gain: + 610 m
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    Vertical drop: - 619 m

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    Highest point: 901 m
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    Lowest point: 396 m

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Description of the walk

Access: Parking 1.5km to the south of the village of Buoux. Just after the summer camp (disused), cross the bridge of Aigue Brun, continue on a bit, and park in the car park indicated as the last car park.

(D) Continue along the road, which then slowly transforms into a wide track, going past Seguins inn on your left. Take the little path to the left at the first crossing, and then left again.

(1) Just before the little bridge turn right and follow the stream for 1,510 m ignoring all the paths leading off to the left or right.

(2) At the fork, turn right, keep right at the next intersection and go to the town of Sivergues. Take the small road opposite that runs through the village and leads to a road.

(3) Turn right and follow the road that gives way to a big road and climbs to the Castelas farmhouse (680 m).

(4) Then leave the large path for a smaller one ahead, which becomes trail after crossing a stream. This trail climbs to the "Route des Crêtes" to the ridges of the Grand Luberon.

(5) Take this road to the right for 1.2 km.

(6) Turn off the road onto the path on the right (GR9) and head down for 1.2 km always staying right until you reach a fork.

(7) At the fork, continue down the path to the left until the next bridle.

(8) There are 2 alternatives:

a) Turn right continuing on the GR9 which will take you down directly to Seguins.

b) Turn left and go down to "La Montagne" flats (as shown in the diagram). Pass the farm keeping it on the right.

(9) At the fork on the flats, follow the left path down for 700 m until another fork.

(10) Turn right and continue down this right path until you reach a big path.

(11) Turn right and go back down that wide path (the GRP for Tour des Claparèdes) to Buoux Fort, the 13th century citadel perched on a rocky outcrop. Continue down the same path to Moulin Clos. At the crossing, take the road on the right to reach the starting point 300m further on.

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 406 m - Car park
  2. 1 : km 0.63 - alt. 410 m - Turn right before the footbridge of the - Aigue Brun (rivière) - Afluent de la Durance
  3. 2 : km 2.07 - alt. 455 m - Fork, turn right
  4. 3 : km 2.98 - alt. 570 m - Sivregues, start of the road to Castelas
  5. 4 : km 4.23 - alt. 673 m - Le Castelas, take the road opposite
  6. 5 : km 5.63 - alt. 854 m - Route des Crêtes du Luberon, turn right
  7. 6 : km 6.78 - alt. 878 m - Junction for return path
  8. 7 : km 7.99 - alt. 768 m - Fork, turn left
  9. 8 : km 8.97 - alt. 596 m - Three-way junction, left
  10. 9 : km 9.86 - alt. 614 m - Bifurcation
  11. 10 : km 10.83 - alt. 548 m - Take the large road back to the right
  12. 11 : km 11.56 - alt. 444 m - Buoux Fort
  13. S/E : km 12.49 - alt. 406 m - Car park

Practical information

You can top up your water supply at Sivergues, Castelas and depending on the goodwill of the owners, at the La Montagne flats.

In the nearby area

(5) Turning left, after 6.5 km the road leads you to Mourre Nègre (1125 m), the highest peak in the Luberon.
Things to see: Sivergues, very old village in Provence that inspired H. Bosco.
The Castelas: medieval castle and its 12th century church, today it is a horse farm and cottage.

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The GR® and PR® markings are the intellectual property of the Fédération Française de Randonnée Pédestre.

Reviews and comments

4.5 / 5
Based on 46 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.2 / 5
Clarity of route map
4.4 / 5
Route interest
4.8 / 5
Denis26
Denis26 ★

Thank you Géryf for your comment. I have just modified the itinerary accordingly. As a result, in the reviews, don't rely on the wpt numbers after the (7), they have been corrected.

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JSAM
JSAM

Hello and thank you for your work.
It's been a few years since I've been back to this superb region and I think some of the landmarks must have changed!
I'm going to redo the route taking these new comments into account.

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Géryf
Géryf

I was able to add the 2 photos

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Géryf
Géryf

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of walk : Feb 25, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Busy trail : No

Magnificent walk! I loved walking along the Aigue Brun, with its spectacular mosses and imposing cliffs. I loved crossing Sivergues and contemplating the remains under the Buoux fort.
The controversy over the gite on the Montagne is over: the route is simple but the author should retrace it: it's not at point 8 that you should look for the alternative route that avoids the Montagne, but at point 9: numerous fuchsia arrows or yellow and fuchsia bars appear on the ground that you just have to follow and that will take you around the Montagne to the east and then to the north. Some time later, the fuchsia markers disappear and you find the usual yellow lines again, then you turn left and soon come across a sign indicating private property: you climb towards the property and a new sign very clearly indicates a path leading off to the right, skirting the property to the north and then to the west, which takes you back to point 11. I'll try to send Jsam a screenshot of this route so that he can attach it to the file, along with a photo of the junction.
One last point of clarification: the zigzag climb at point 5 has been destroyed by the bull: you have to take the steep slope head-on, which is the only physically difficult part of the route.
Don't let these details put you off: this really is a hike worth doing!

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DROP34
DROP34

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of walk : Jun 18, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Busy trail : No

A very pleasant walk, apart from the tarmac section, which is practically covered in vegetation, with views of Lacoste and Bonnieux on the way up, and then the Durance after skirting the cliffs.

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fanee
fanee

Overall rating : 3 / 5

Date of walk : Feb 01, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Clarity of route map : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Busy trail : No

Hello !

Nice hike, but really, the description and signposting were disappointing+++.
Even with a telephone, we couldn't find our way back.
It is noted from GR 9 to 8, then impossible to find the way.
We missed the Jas LA Montagne and the Buoux fort.

Traces of wolves on the ridges... 6 faecal droppings from the pack .
Beautiful scenery all the way, powdered with snow.
Our region is beautiful!

Vive la randoooooooo !!!!

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Salonrando
Salonrando

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of walk : May 13, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Busy trail : No

Be careful, there is a privatization of the path with a vicious dog on the way down.

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sparo2
sparo2
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Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of walk : Apr 06, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Busy trail : No

Very nice walk between Buoux and Lubéron
A few comments:
At point 6 we climbed to the summit and then followed the GR to catch up with the route.
The route between points 9 and 10 is no longer possible due to private property. From point 9, follow the GR downhill to the crossroads, turn left and follow the signs to bypass the private property.

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SFrancis
SFrancis

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of walk : Mar 06, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Great walk, very enjoyable and beautiful views.

The farm mentioned in step 8 has put up a lot of signs on the footpath stating "Dangerous chien" and "Prive" and blocked the path with a wire.

I carried on following the description, and followed the path round. No dogs, and no problem. The path was clearly a well maintained footpath and one of the best parts of the walk as you come into the canyon. Seems unlikely the footpath is really private. There is no signs of "Prive" or problems at the point where the path joins the GR at point 12.

gilles_v4
gilles_v4

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of walk : Nov 19, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Busy trail : No

Very nice walk.
At point 8, the owner has added fuchsia markings (in parallel with the yellow markings). Just follow them to a three-way junction and turn left then right to get to point 10 and avoid the mas de la montagne.

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Lalie
Lalie

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of walk : Jun 26, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Clarity of route map : N/A
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Busy trail : No

Thank you for this course.

I combined 2 routes:
the Crêtes du Grand Luberon route, starting from Vaugines and then arriving at the route des crêtes, we switched to this 2nd route to descend via the Pas de l'Ensarris, down to Sivergues, a path along the Aiguebrun (very pleasant and cool), Buoux.
The climb back up to the ridges was a bit of a hike, as one of the locals had closed off the access and we had to go back down to find another path. This made our route a little longer.
Arriving at Pelat de Buoux, we resumed our route from Les Vaugines. It was an easy descent.

We did it in trail mode.
Beautiful panoramic views of Mont Ventoux on one side and Sainte Victoire on the other.

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Derviche333
Derviche333

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of walk : Jun 26, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Busy trail : No

A superb, varied walk with beautiful scenery. I also really enjoyed visiting the Buoux fort.
At points 8 and 9 the owner (?) of the Jas de la Montagne has drawn crosses and a few fuchsia arrows on the ground to encourage hikers to continue on the GR9. Continuing on the GR9 (yellow markings), I no longer saw these arrows a little further on at the fork in the GR9 (altitude ~600m on the map) where you have to leave the GR9 and take the wide path that goes up to the left and then the little bypass path to the right (indicated by fuchsia arrows) before reaching the Jas de la Montagne in 10.

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mimijulien
mimijulien

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of walk : May 20, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : N/A
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Busy trail : No

At the top of the Pelat du Buoux, we came back down following the yellow signs (with Mont Ventoux in the background, it was so beautiful) which took us back to the starting point.

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srx
srx
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Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of walk : May 22, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Busy trail : No

A very fine route.
Varied scenery, from damp, shady gorges to the meadows of the ridge.
Quite a busy route, especially as far as Sivergues, many months after the Castelas estate.
Note that to reach the Castelas, you walk on a tarmac road; it's impossible to turn off onto the dirt tracks, as everything is fenced off and private.
This estate has changed direction and is now a much more luxurious gîte.

Medium difficulty, as the demanding ascent is short.

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Guy de St Martin
Guy de St Martin

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of walk : May 20, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Busy trail : Yes

A very pleasant walk with no difficulties, alternating between varied landscapes: gorges, valleys, scrubland, ridges, woods, old village, etc.
Superb panorama from the pelat de Buoux where we stopped for lunch. In May, all the rockroses are in full bloom - magnificent! At the end of the walk, we visited the Buoux stronghold and descended the secret staircase.
An absolute must!

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