The Pérouse rock - The Menéfrier Islands

A very beautiful hike, especially the first section between the viewpoint and along the cure!
Total distance approx. 25 km in 6 hours with breaks and lunch
Don't miss the viewpoint from the Perouse rock with the orientation table. It's a short detour that's well worth the climb.

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Superb walk with a wide variety of landscapes. The section along the Cure under the woods is magnificent, with a good difference in altitude and some nice long, steep climbs along the way. At this time in early March, I didn't come across anyone.

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Nice route, I recommend it

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point 6 at the top of the Laperouse rock face
the orientation table at the end of the rocks is off the circuit
distance may be underestimated
I don't measure but my friends have found between 27 and 28 km

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My only regret is that we weren't able to publish it in paper format. We came across areas that weren't connected and we had to rely on our intuition.

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Very nice walk despite the storm

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🌲🍁🍄🍂

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This walk took place on 8 May 2023, when the weather was neither sunny nor rainy, with patches of fog in the morning following the previous day's heavy rain.
We recommend this route because it takes you through thick forests of varied species. The spring season offers infinite shades of green and an abundance of flowers.
There are a few short sections on tarmac forest roads, but no vehicles. The rest of the route alternated between wide paths and small tracks, almost always under cover.
Despite the large quantities of water that had fallen the previous day, we encountered no difficulties on the route. Along the Cure, there was certainly a lot of mud and large brown puddles, but we always managed to get round them easily.
At point 6, you reach the Rocher de la Pérouse, the highest point in the Yonne, in a short round trip with no climb, but don't expect a real summit, just a few small rocks emerging from a sea of forest.
If you need to, you can halve the hike at point 7 by crossing the bridge and heading back up to the village of Vieux Dun (point 14).
At point 9, there are picnic tables and even a small hut where you can take a lunch break.
The second part is less wild but just as pleasant, passing through farmhouses, ponds and small villages.
I don't think the description is very precise between points 14 and 15. Once you leave Vieux Dun, there is a fairly long stretch before you reach the left/right mentioned at the start of point 15. On this part of the route I advise you not to follow the description, but only the red-white markers of the GR13, which are reliable and relatively abundant.
Elsewhere the path is easy to follow thanks to the yellow PR markers: I don't see this as "over-marked", but as a good help in these forests full of paths.
The walk can be shortened slightly by leaving from the Hotel Restaurant du Montal, to which you can return via a path on the left after point 17, without returning to point 1.

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Did this route in January 2023 with around 3-5cm of snow using only the gpx and without looking at the descriptions.
It was 27.65km in 6h39min with exactly 799.8m of positive ascent
and 825.8m negative ascent.
I agree with Pelios: because it wasn't cold enough, the melt quickly made the terrain spongy, especially near the river. Some of the paths became veritable streams. Fortunately, my feet stayed dry, despite the mud. But that's not my favourite aspect.
I don't know the area, but I think there's good potential to create a circuit that takes in the backs of the hills.
There was nobody in my way, nobody!

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There are differences between the Visorando itinerary and the one on the ground (which is clearly marked on the ground). We did the section on the rocky side of the Perouse, and along the river cure there are a few tricky sections, so take care with your footwear, but the most important point is a bridge that was completely destroyed when we left the Menefrier islands just before the old Dun. You have to walk over a few centimetres of girder because that's all that's left of the bridge! With dogs to pass, it's quite a sport, especially as the water flows well at this point.
However, it seems to me that by passing through the pasture on the right you should be able to reach another bridge (old path or road?) a few hundred metres further on. Otherwise, the route is for good walkers (steep climbs, rocks to cross and rutted paths).

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An excellent hike, with varied scenery! We did it with a bit of snow, which made it all the more beautiful. On the other hand, the ground was very spongy in places, and the fords were difficult to cross, but what a pleasure! We didn't come across a single person (that said, given the current health situation...).

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Thank you for this tour. Definitely one of my most beautiful hikes in the Morvan. I did it in October in fine weather: the colours were magnificent but the path was quite greasy in places, especially between the point (17) and the point (1). A number of uprooted trees were in the way, particularly between the (8) and (9) points, which made following the trail a little tricky at times.
It is possible to avoid a section of the D211 between the points (3) and (4) and take a very pleasant path leaving the road about 500 m before Bornoux: you cross the hamlet of La Sapinière before rejoining the track a little further on at the Railly mill. On the way, you can skip Mont Cortot (off the route, about 1 km round trip), which does not offer any interesting viewpoints.

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very nice tour but we did it backwards without wanting to, a wrong junction at the beginning and a few km to understand that we were going the wrong way, but good ride, the number of km is higher than the indication and we did not make a diversion!!! but the timing ok

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Very nice walk, beautiful scenery, great view from the Rocher de la Pérouse; to be recommended for experienced walkers.

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I've done this walk 3 or 4 times now, and it's always a very beautiful route in the Morvan.

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