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Leave the D785 at the sign for Mont Saint-Michel.
The car park is at the end of the road.
GR® 37 (red and white markings).
(S/E) With your back to the car park, take a temporary path on the left leading to the Chapelle Saint-Michel, which stands atop Menez Mikel (the old steps were destroyed in the fire of summer 2022).
Head back down via another stepped path, cross the D84 road leading up to the car park and continue straight ahead along a path through the moorland until you reach a crossroads.
PR® marked in yellow.
Carry on straight ahead, letting theGR®® head off to the right, then head down towards the D785 and cross it with care.
(1) Turn left onto the stony path leading to the Ty Blaise Hunting and Nature Training Centre. On the left, hidden by the vegetation, you can make out the ‘An Eured Veign’ megalithic alignment. Since the summer 2022 fire, these megaliths have been clearly visible
No signposting.
(2) At the crossroads of paths, continue straight on, leaving theGR®® to descend to the left, and follow a track across the moor towards the rocky summit of Roc’h Cléguer, a climbing site. Turn left to descend straight ahead and rejoin the GR®®.
GR® 37 (marked in white and red).
(3) Turn right and follow the wide clay track, heading south-east, with Roc’h Cléguer (317m) looming overhead. The path has numerous puddles which you’ll need to go round regularly. The map showsthe GR®®37but there are no signs for it on the ground. Walk alongside a coniferous woodland on your left and pass close to a fire brigade water reservoir (note the black colour of the water, caused by peat). You’ll reach a crossroads of paths.
PR® marked in yellow.
(4) Turn left and join a small road. Follow this until you reach a crossroads, where you take the road leading to the village of Forc’han.
(5) Cross the village, veering slightly to the left, and head towards the Maison du Lac, an information centre on electricity generation, careers in the electricity sector and the various stages of the decommissioning work on the neighbouring power station. Continue towards the dam, with the buildings of the former nuclear power station on your right. You’ll reach a footbridge.
(6) Cross the footbridge, continue behind the Nestavel dam and walk along the lake’s banks, passing close to a campsite. Carry on along a dirt track, which is sometimes damp and muddy, alongside the Venec Nature Reserve. You’ll reach a road.
(7) Follow this road, which skirts the Vénec peat bogs, then turn left at the first junction.
GR® 37 (red and white markings).
(8) At the three-way junction, turn right off the road and continue along the north-westerly path, which turns left towards a footbridge.
(9) Cross the footbridge and continue through this area of moorland and heather.
(10) Turn right onto theGR®® and carry on until you reach the first houses in Botmeur.
(11) Turn left to cross the village (paved footpath), passing the cemetery and the church, then on to the town hall.
(12) Turn left, then right, cross the hamlet and follow the small road that runs between meadows and pastures. The marks on the ground indicate that it is used more by livestock than by cars. Continue to the Balanec Ber junction, where you’ll meet theGR®® 37 and 380.
(13) Turn right to cross this hamlet (picnic table) and carry on to Botcador. On your left, look out for an old washhouse renovated in 2001. Note the architecture of the houses. In the heart of the hamlet, another picnic table awaits you near the Tree of Liberty.
Nearby is a remarkable well dating from 1818.
(14) On leaving the hamlet, turn right onto a path through the meadows which runs parallel to the main road and joins it at a place called La Croix Cassée.
(15) Cross the D785 with extreme caution and follow it to the right for about a hundred metres. Turn left onto a wide track heading towards an old building and, almost immediately, turn left onto the path that climbs steadily towards the summit of Tuchenn Kador (383m).
(16) At the summit, turn slightly left towards the large boulder, from where you’ll have the finest view of Lake Brennilis (Saint-Michel Reservoir on the map). This summit is also a launch site for paragliders.
Continue along this single grassy path, which descends steadily through heathland and heather. From time to time, large cairns mark the route. You’ll reach a road near a television relay station.
(16) Follow the D42 to the right for a few dozen metres, then turn left onto theGR®® path towards Mont Saint-Michel. At the fork in the road, ignore the path branching off to the right into the heathland and continue uphill to a car park (S/E).
Visorando Member
Moderate 
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Easy 
