A circular route starting from the Verdon dam in Cholet

Walk through the pastures, then back along the lakeside. Nothing to report

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Hello,
We had planned to do this hike, but once we arrived at the car park by the dam, we saw that there was a 17.5 km circular route around the lake. We completed it in 4 hours and 20 minutes, plus a few stops, including a picnic. It’s an easy hike as it’s almost entirely flat apart from a few small climbs and some wetter sections, but it’s still manageable.
In my opinion, it could be featured on your website.
Hiker P. GRAVELEAU

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Date of your route : Sep 29, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

The lakeside is lovely, but we nearly missed the first junction as it was hidden, and it leads onto a damp, muddy path with tall grass and lots of stinging nettles. After that, there’s at least 1.5 km of road (it’s certainly not busy – we only saw one car), all of which is between points 2 and 4. After that, it’s a pleasant path down to the lake. The walk back along the lake is lovely, but there aren’t quite enough benches to sit on.

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Date of your route : Jan 20, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A lovely circular route very close to the town. Some lovely stretches.

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Date of your route : Jan 30, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

It’s a pleasant walk, but you’ll need sturdy footwear as there’s a lot of mud along the way

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Date of your route : Sep 20, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

An easy and pleasant walk, especially the second half along the lake. One downside: about 1 km on a tarmac track, but no cars... It takes 1 hour 45 minutes at a leisurely pace, not 2 hours 40 minutes... (9 km...)

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Date of your route : Aug 09, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Sorry, but part of the path is no longer passable (tall grass, at the start on the left as you head up towards Les Valotières) – a shame – so we had to make a round trip along the lakeside.
Alain Sionneau

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hike not yet completed

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