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The walk starts from the car park on the D12, where marker 12 is located.
(S/E) Head towards the Plateau de Cavillore. The path climbs gradually towards the plateau, offering views overlooking Gourdon, and joins a junction with a path on the right.
(1) Continue straight on towards Colle de Rougiès via the initial straight section of the GR®51. You’ll reach marker 163.
(2) Turn left towards Colle de Rougiès. Follow the path through the ‘clapiers’ (piles of stones) to marker 46.
(3) Head left towards Plan Gast. The stony path descends and follows the underground gas pipeline; its specific markings – a concrete marker or a small yellow roof mounted on a 2-metre-high post – can be seen in the photo gallery. Reach a cairn just before a barrier of small rocks.
(4) Turn left onto a grassy track suitable for vehicles and continue to the junction where the track meets the gas pipeline.
(5) Leave the track at this point and follow the gas pipeline markings to the left for about 250 m.
(6) The route of the buried gas pipeline veers off to the left; continue to follow it. Keep an eye out for the yellow markings, which are relatively far apart, and make your way to the Col de l’Êcre.
(7) Carry on straight ahead due south through the woods until you reach the D12.
(8) Cross the road and continue opposite along the gas pipeline; cross a track and carry on straight ahead until you reach the civil aviation boundary wall.
(9) Head to the left of the large wall where marker 40 is located, following the signs for Gourdon. You’ll reach a wide track suitable for vehicles and marker 39.
(10) Turn left onto the track known as Chemin de la Malle. Continue to the start of a footpath on the right.
(11) Leave the track and take this path through the woods, which serves as a shortcut. Back on the track, first turn right then left and rejoin the path – which is barely visible – for a further shortcut:the app is useful here. Rejoin the track at a place called “la Fayette” for a few metres before taking athird shortcut, this time about a hundred metres long.
(12) Back on the track, turn left. Join the D12 and follow it to the right until you reach the hairpin bend.
(13) Leave the road and take the path on the right. You’ll reach a cairn marking a crossroads of paths.
(14) Turn left and head down through the woods to the Vallon de Pierre Feu.
(15) Head to the right and follow the path alongside the dry stream bed. Return to the D12.
(16) Turn right, walk alongside the crash barrier for a few metres, then walk carefully along the road to the car park (S/E).
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