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On the D65A, park in the large car park at the Tour d'Arbois, next to the Garde Départementale à Cheval.
(S/E) Follow the small cement path south-west, which passes the toilets and the estate's reception building. Follow the Sentier du Badaïre, cross a small wooden bridge and keep right at a Y-junction. The path climbs north-west, passing near some antennas and then over the high-speed rail line. You will see the Canal de Marseille on your right.
(1) Turn right and join the right bank of the canal. Pass a bridge without a railing and a lock. You will arrive at a protected bridge.
(2) Turn left onto this bridge and continue along the left bank of the canal*. At this point, the water disappears into a tunnel dug into the rock. Keep heading northeast, climb up and then down two rocky hills and you will come back to the canal bank. You will come to a bridge at the top of a hill and a T-junction.
(3) Keep heading northeast and, after a short descent and a right turn, rejoin the wide left bank of the canal *. You will arrive at a bridge.
(4) Turn right onto this bridge (dead end, keeping to the left). Follow the path that descends between the pine trees, away from the canal, heading northeast. You will arrive near a tunnel under the high-speed rail line. Keep to the left and join a wide track. Turn left onto this track. You will arrive at a bridge and barriers at elevation 161.
(5) Turn right after the bridge and stay on the left bank of the canal. Pass a bridge, then after a few bends and a cement climb, you will reach the top of a hill in an open area with a bridge and a crossroads.
(6) In the middle of the bridge, keep heading towards the canal and head towards a small embankment, where a path lined with hunting observation posts begins. Join the left bank of the canal *. You will arrive at a bridge and a star-shaped intersection at elevation 161.
(7) Continue straight ahead on the same bank and arrive in front of the Roquefavour aqueduct.
(8) Access is closed by gates. Admire the aqueduct, seen in its entirety (renovation work is underway in 2023). Turn back.
(7) Turn left onto the bridge and follow the path that leads into the forest. Turn left towards a fire station and continue to the fence to see the aqueduct between the trees. Go to the end of the path to admire the valley, then turn back. Cross the bridge over the canal.
(7) Turn south away from the canal, then head south-west. You will come to a Y-junction with the wreck of a bulldozer on the side.
(9) Turn right, then right again about 200 m further on. You will come to a Y-junction.
(10) Keep left. The wooded path climbs steadily. After a cement section, the path enters a more desert-like area with a high-voltage power line in sight. Pass buried cistern no. 178, hunting car park no. 10 and a ruin. Pass under the high-voltage power line and arrive at Jas des Vaches, a hut used by hunters and as a rest stop for hikers.
(11) Follow the path that runs to the left of the hunting sign no. 11, heading south. Pass a well and arrive at an X-shaped crossroads and the hunting car park no. 12.
(12) Turn left onto the long straight track. Pass under the EDF power line, next to buried cistern no. 251 and then, further on, near a stele. You will come to the crossroads you passed on the way out.
(3) Continue straight ahead, heading south-east. Keep left and pass under the LGV bridge.
(13) Turn right at elevation 153 and follow the track back to the car park (S/E).
Visorando member
Easy 
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Difficult 
