Tour of Rocher des Mieyes

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Beautiful view of the Ennuye Valley.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 11.60 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 4h 45 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate
  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 491 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 493 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 904 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 475 m
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At the Col de Bodon

Description of the walk

Park in the car park near the church in Bésignan.

(S/E) Above the car park, there are signs pointing towards Col d'Anjouan and Col de Peruergues. Follow the yellow arrows and head south towards the Serrière mountain.

(1) At a fork, leave the climb to Col d'Oure on your right and turn left south-east towards Col de Bodon via Bois du Fayet and Grand Bois.

(2) At Col de Bodon, pass under the Mieyes rocks and turn left towards the north-east towards Col d'Anjuan, from where you can see the road to Col de Peyruergue. Head towards it.

(3) Continue north-east towards Col de Peyruergue.

(4) Shortly before this pass, at the signposts, turn left to cross a small stream and descend towards Saint-Sauveur-Gouvernet, visible at the bottom of the valley. On the descent, you will come to a crossroads with signposts.

(5) Leave the path to the right that leads to Gouvernet and take the one opposite towards Bésignan. Pass the Argensole farm and arrive at a crossroads.

(6) Leave the path that branches off to the right and leads back to Saint-Sauveur-Gouvernet to head back up towards the south-west. You will arrive at the D162.

(7) Follow it straight ahead to the Ferme de la Condamine and continue to the crossroads.

(8) Leave the departmental road, go opposite and head towards the hamlet of Bésignan to return to the church (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 563 m - Bésignan church car park
  2. 1 : km 1.07 - alt. 738 m - On the left
  3. 2 : km 3.26 - alt. 807 m - Col de Bodon (800m)
  4. 3 : km 4.83 - alt. 904 m - Col d'Anjuan (901m)
  5. 4 : km 5.67 - alt. 795 m - Fork in the road before the - Col de Peyruergue (797m)
  6. 5 : km 6.96 - alt. 677 m - Crossroads with signposts
  7. 6 : km 8.96 - alt. 501 m - Crossroads. Vallée de l' - Ennuye (rivière) - Affluent de l'Eygues
  8. 7 : km 9.83 - alt. 484 m - D162
  9. 8 : km 10.86 - alt. 487 m - Straight ahead on the path
  10. S/E : km 11.6 - alt. 563 m - Bésignan church car park

Notes

Fountain in Bésignan.
Hiking boots.

Worth a visit

Visit the village of Saint-Jalle.

Reviews and comments

4.5 / 5
Based on 19 reviews
Reliability of the description
4.5 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.6 / 5
Route interest
4.4 / 5
Ouh là là
Ouh là là

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 06, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A lovely hike, with a fairly steep climb at the start. Beautiful scenery and the crossing from the Ennuye Valley to the Ouvèze Valley make it an interesting route. Please note that the yellow markings are very sparse; it’s best to follow the track on the app where possible (there are many areas without coverage) to make sure you’re on the right path. There are plenty of tracks in the first section, then a bit of a path from the Col de Peyruergue down to the plain. After that, it’s a road with almost no traffic. You pass by a farm with Angora goats, guarded by livestock guard dogs that bark very loudly but are kept behind an electric fence.

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Daniel Maciocia
Daniel Maciocia

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : May 10, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A superb walk that ends with a stretch of road, which is admittedly not very busy. It might be worth doing it in the other direction to leave you with a better impression.

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Ma.com
Ma.com

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 14, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant tour under the April sun. I missed the apricot trees in bloom by a few days!
The end of the route in the valley is a bit long and monotonous... but you have to get back to the car!
The views are very beautiful.
The loop took 4 hours, including a picnic at the pass.
Thank you for the route.

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AqualiJu
AqualiJu

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 25, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A pleasant hike, completed in 3 hours and 20 minutes (even though we are not experienced hikers), with the last part along a road or main path with no particular scenic interest

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heredis
heredis

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 05, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

very pleasant hike without any difficulty; tough going at the end!

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henri57
henri57 ★

Hello,

Did the description and layout cause any problems? If so, how can we fix them? Can you give us some suggestions?

See you soon

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ferdav
ferdav

Overall rating : 3 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 29, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

Many fairly wide paths and few trails. Beautiful views of the surrounding valleys.

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A FERRIER
A FERRIER

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 11, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Lovely walk

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CDD
CDD

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 22, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Nice hike, lots of shaded areas, magnificent views across the entire ridge.
Note that the hike begins with more than 3 km on the road, with lots of scree.

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Renardou84
Renardou84

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 14, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

This hike takes you along forest roads and very good paths. To spice things up, shortly after the Peyrieres Pass, we took a dotted path (literally and figuratively) that heads west on the southern flank of Boisset Mountain.
Once you reach a grassy plain, the path ends on the map. Head north-northeast for 200-300 metres to cross the pass and join the
cote Droite path, which leads to point 4 of the hike.
A total of 17 km and 720 m of elevation gain

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bibi
bibi ★

Thank you for your feedback. Could you tell us exactly where you got lost? That way we can try to clarify the directions at that point.
Kind regards

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bertrand
bertrand

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : May 23, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

few and almost no signs to get back to Besignan... We ended up driving an extra ten kilometres... Exhausted but happy to find our car. But the scenery was magnificent!!!

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Geono60
Geono60

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : May 02, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

It was off to a good start, but we turned back in the pouring rain. We'll have to try again! Sorry for this rather pointless comment...

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Geono60
Geono60

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : May 02, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

It was off to a good start, but we turned back in the pouring rain. We'll have to try again! Sorry for this rather pointless comment...

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Geono60
Geono60

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : May 02, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

It was off to a good start, but we turned back in the pouring rain. We'll have to try again! Sorry for this rather pointless comment...

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