Juscle Valley in Saint-Faust

A short family hike in the heart of the hillsides, allowing you to enjoy the geometry of the vineyards with the Pyrenees mountain range in the background.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 5.14 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 00 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 177 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 181 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 323 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 188 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ District: Saint-Faust (64110)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 43.280245° / W 0.455672°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 1545ET, 1545SB
  • Hour-by-hour weather

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Description of the walk

Park in the small car park on Chemin des Crêtes.

(S/E) With your back to the car park, turn right and follow the RD502 towards Saint-Faust de Bas.

(1) Turn left at the first intersection onto Chemin de Mantoulan and continue along this tarmac road.

(2) Turn left again onto a tarmac road that descends: follow the wooden sign for "Filhou". After the hamlet, the road gives way to a path that descends along a hedge towards the Juscle valley. After a hairpin bend to the left, the path continues its descent and arrives alongside a cultivated plot, which it bypasses on the left. At the end of the plot, turn left to cross the stream on a wooden footbridge.

(3) Cross the Juscle on a stone bridge and climb up between two agricultural plots to a tarmac road, the Chemin de Larribère de Talabot. Turn left and then immediately right to take the track that climbs through the copse and turns right. At the next fork, stay on the lower track and you will arrive at the ridge not far from a vineyard.

(4) Turn right and follow the ridge path. At the southern end of a large meadow, the path goes around it on the left and then, at the end of the meadow, goes back into the undergrowth. Pass under some pidgeon hunting huts and you will come to another meadow.

(5) At the end of the meadow, turn left under the power line and take a path that descends steeply. Before the tarmac road, a track arrives from the left: turn right. At the junction with the tarmac road, turn right. At thefirst intersection, turn right towards Saint-Faust on the Chemin de Larribère de Talabot.

(6) After the white house on the left at the side of the road, turn left, cross the Juscle and continue on the dirt track which climbs steeply. When you reach the flat section, a track appears to come from the right; continue straight ahead and you will come to a tarmac road at a place called Vignau. Continue in the same direction.

(2) Go straight ahead to join the RD 02.

(1) Turn right to return to the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 320 m - Chemin des Crêtes car park
  2. 1 : km 0.18 - alt. 316 m - Chemin de Mantoulan
  3. 2 : km 0.54 - alt. 296 m - Crossroads of the circular
  4. 3 : km 1.28 - alt. 207 m - Bridge over the Juscle
  5. 4 : km 1.81 - alt. 268 m - Ridge trail junction
  6. 5 : km 2.82 - alt. 251 m - Fork
  7. 6 : km 3.33 - alt. 193 m - Crossroads
  8. S/E : km 5.14 - alt. 320 m - Chemin des Crêtes car park

Notes

Transcription and actual route of the hike can be found on the Tourisme 64 website.

Reviews and comments

4.6 / 5
Based on 13 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.7 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.6 / 5
Route interest
4.5 / 5
User 24095270

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 02, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Very peaceful route, quite muddy after several days of rain. Lovely views of the autumn colours in November.

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shere-kahn
shere-kahn

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 19, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Hello, we completed the route on a very hot day and didn't encounter any other walkers, although we did see a mountain biker. This walk is very pleasant with plenty of shade and beautiful views. However, we would classify it as "average" as some sections require agility and a good level of fitness.

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Thenry
Thenry

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 21, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful walk, suitable for children, through hamlets, fields and woods. The two ascents and descents should be tackled with caution in rainy weather.

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Biec Bernard
Biec Bernard

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 02, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Nice hike, with a bit of mud, not crowded

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Fanny et Fabrice
Fanny et Fabrice

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 01, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Hike done on Easter Monday. No one else on the trail. We really enjoyed it, even though many places were very muddy due to the rain over the last few days.
Thank you.

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Meuhrina
Meuhrina

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 11, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

Really beautiful course 😊

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Chantal64
Chantal64

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 19, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful walk near Pau that passes through woods and vineyards.

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Helene64
Helene64

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 13, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant hike alternating between woodland paths and hillsides.

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oootazooo
oootazooo

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 05, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A great little hike in the middle of August, which mainly takes you past vineyards behind which lies a beautiful hilly landscape. It's not easy to find the car park at the start (just a few parking spaces with no sign), but we eventually found it using GPS, following the ridge path from below. The signs are well done, but it's impossible to do without them along the entire route (markings are only occasional in places where you don't really need them). So you need to keep your phone with the route handy at all times.

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Jean Mi
Jean Mi

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 23, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

Excellent local route, perhaps simply indicate that the car park is right next to the old bee city.

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raisson
raisson

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 03, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Charming walk. This is route 24 in Miey de Bearn.

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Joss67
Joss67

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 10, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : Not used / Not applicable
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Pleasant hike, not much road. Slightly steep descent after Filhou, which can be slippery in wet weather.
Panoramic view of the Pyrenees, lovely!
Thanks to the organiser.

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asteb
asteb

Overall rating : 5 / 5

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

A beautiful hike through the woods and hillsides of Jurançon. Very little road, with the Pyrenees mountain range as a backdrop.
We really enjoyed this route.

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