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Take the D24 to the hamlet of Couderc. Turn left onto the track below the road after passing the Couderc bread oven on your right (coming from Valgorge). Pass Les Châtaigniers (private property) and park on the clear, vegetation-free area 100 metres further on.
(S/E) Follow the track south-east, then south-west. Cross the river and climb up the other side.
(1) At the intersection, follow the GRP® (red and yellow markings) to the right, GR® le Cévenol, variant. The trail is steep at first and climbs into the beech forest. Be careful when crossing the Pailllayre and Roche Misolle streams: these have been modified and the current can be strong.
(2) Join the forest track and follow it to the right. You may lose sight of the GR® markings for a couple of kilometres until you leave the track and take a steep path to the left at a right angle.
(3) This steep path takes you back to the GR® trail, which is better marked.
(4) Join the Piste Forestière de la Croix de Triousse and follow it to the right through a forest (Douglas fir, beech and fir trees) all the way up the hill. At the Col de Loubaresse, cross the road (D24) and continue opposite on a small road.
(5) After a cross, ignore the path that descends to the right for now and continue straight ahead on the Chemin du Pagel. At the T-junction (cross), turn right and head towards the centre of Loubaresse and its church.
(6) Retrace your steps.
(5) Back at the intersection, descend to the left onto the red and white marked path. Return to the D24 and follow it to the right for about 50 metres. Then take the path on the left. Follow this path eastwards through a beautiful forest of wild hazel trees, in a tunnel of greenery. Old traditional farms are hidden in the forest for those who know where to look...
(7) Cross the D24 road and follow a small road opposite. At the hamlet of Freyssenet, leave the road and take a marked path on the right. As you descend, you will come to the old paved slanting street next to the ruins. Go back up, rejoin the D24 and follow it to the left for a few dozen metres. Then leave the road and take a path on the right.
(8) At the Croix du Perrier, turn left onto the D24 and immediately take a path on the right. Return to the D24, follow it to the left and, at the end of a right-hand bend, take the path that descends to the right (yellow signposting). Descend, cross the Rieu Grand and continue parallel to the D24 below.
(9) At the T-junction, turn right and follow the path naturally back to the starting point below (S/E).
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