Park in the car park at the town hall in Saint-André-de-Najac.
Hiking trail no. 5
(S/E) Head towards the church.
(1) Head down to the left along the Chemin de l’Orée du Bois for approximately 1.3 km.
(2) When you reach a cross, take the road on the left until you reach the departmental road. Turn right and head down the Route de Lagarde Viaur (D239) until you reach a building on the hill to your right. Then turn left to follow the small, winding path through the woods to the banks of the Viaur.
(3) Turn left to walk along the right bank of the river. Pass the Roc de Corb (climbing site) and continue for several kilometres. Cross the Gourpassou campsite and arrive at the RD69.
(4) Turn right, cross the Vicasse bridge (marker between the Tarn and the Aveyron). After the bridge, turn right and take the GRP® des Gorges du Viaur (yellow and red markings) until you reach a small road that climbs to the left.
(5) Follow the red and yellow markings, go up the small road (Chemin de La Massourié) until you reach a path which you take to the right.
Walk through the hamlet of Le Cros, then head up a small track suitable for vehicles until you reach a path on the right; follow this to the hamlet of La Baute Basse, then descend along a small path to the banks of the Viaur.
(6) Turn left and follow the banks of the Viaur. Walk past the ruins of houses and small, inhabited chalets (private property) before coming out onto a small road.
(7) Carry on straight ahead until you reach the entrance to the village of Lagarde Viaur.
(8) Turn right towards the bridge over the Viaur. Cross the bridge and take the small road on the left, passing the crêperie La Châtaigneraie, and continue for a few metres.
(9) Turn right up the Chemin du Colombier and continue alongside the Viaur until you reach a three-way junction.
(10) Leave the banks of the Viaur. Head up the dirt track to the right through the forest until you reach a small road at a bridge.
(11) Take this road to the right as far as the hairpin bend, then turn right onto the footpath. You’ll reach a T-junction; take the path on the left.
(12) When you reach a small road, follow it to the right and pass through the hamlet of La Séverie.
(13) On leaving the hamlet, after a large farm, at the junction with another road, turn left onto the road leading to Saint-André-de-Najac. Pass the hamlet of Le Combal (lodge) and head downhill to a cross.
(14) Carry on to the right until you reach the village and the original junction.
(1) Carry on straight ahead to reach the car park (S/E).