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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 (white and red markings).
(S/E) With your back to the car park, take a temporary route on the left to reach the Chapelle Saint-Michel, which stands on Mount Menez Mikel (the old steps were destroyed in the fire in the summer of 2022).
Descend via another stairway, cross the D84 road that leads up to the car park and continue opposite along a path through the moorland until you reach a crossroads.
PR marked in yellow.
Continue straight ahead, leaving theGR® on your right, descend towards the D785 and cross it with caution.
(1) Turn left onto the gravel path to the Ty Blaise Hunting/Nature Training Centre. On the left, hidden by vegetation, you can see the "An Eured Veign" megalithic alignment. Since the fire in the summer of 2022, these megaliths are clearly visible.
Not signposted.
(2) At the crossroads, continue straight ahead, leaving theGR® trail on your left, and follow a path across the moor towards the rocky summit of Roc'h Cléguer, a climbing site. Turn left to descend straight ahead and rejoin the GR® trail.
GR® 37 (white and red markings).
(3) Turn right and follow the wide clay path dominated by Roc'h Cléguer (317m) in a south-easterly direction. The path has numerous puddles that you will need to regularly walk around. The map indicatesGR®37but there are no signs on the ground. Walk along a coniferous forest on your left and pass close to a water reserve for firefighters (note the black colour of the water due to the peat). You will arrive at a crossroads.
PR marked in yellow.
(4) Turn left and join a small road. Follow it until you reach a crossroad, which you take to arrive at the village of Forc'han.
(5) Cross the village, veering to the left, and head towards the Maison du Lac, an information centre about electricity production, the electricity industry and the various stages of the decommissioning of the nearby power station. Continue towards the dam, with the buildings of the former nuclear power station on your right. You will come to a footbridge.
(6) Cross the footbridge, continue behind the Nestavel dam and walk along the lake shore, passing close to a campsite. Continue along a dirt track, which can be wet and muddy in places, alongside the Venec Nature Reserve. You will come to a road.
(7) Follow this road, which goes around the Vénec peat bogs, then turn left at the first intersection.
GR® 37 (white and red markings).
(8) At the three-way junction, turn right off the road and continue on the north-west facing path which turns left towards a footbridge.
(9) Cross the footbridge and continue through this area of moorland and heather.
(10) Turn right with theGR® and continue to the first houses in Botmeur.
(11) Turn left to cross the village (pavement provided), pass the cemetery, the church and then the town hall.
(12) Turn left, then right, cross the hamlet and follow the small road that passes between meadows and fields. The marks on the ground indicate that it is used more by livestock than cars. Continue to the Balanec Ber crossroads where you will meet theGR® 37 and 380.
(13) Turn right to cross this hamlet (picnic table) and continue to Botcador. On your left, you will see an old wash house 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) At the exit of the hamlet, turn right onto a path between meadows that runs alongside the departmental 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 path that leads to an old farmhouse 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 rock from where you can enjoy the most beautiful view of Lake Brennilis (Saint-Michel Reservoir on the map). This summit is also a starting point for paragliders.
Continue along this single grassy path which descends steadily through heathland and scrub. From time to time, large cairns mark the route. Join a road near a television relay station.
(16) Follow the D42 to the right for a few dozen metres and take theGR® trail on the left towards Mont Saint-Michel. At the fork, ignore the trail that branches off to the right into the heath and continue climbing to a car park (S/E).
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