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From Le Vigan to Mont Aigoual – 5 days
Description
Throughout your hike, explore and admire the varied landscape with its panoramic views onto the valleys of the Cévennes. Your trip will take you to the very top of Mont Aigoual through a state forest with abundant flora and fauna.
5 days exploring the Aigoual massif : 58.5 km, 2400 m of climbs :
Day 1 – From Le Vigan to Cap de Côte (GR®60a),10km, 980 m of climbs and 38 m of descents.From Cap de Côte you can make a there-and-back detour to the monument to André Chamson (GR®60) on the draille (1 ½ hrs).
Day 2 – From Cap de Côte to L’Espérou (GR®60 and GR®7),12 km, 340 m of climbs and 297 m of descents.
Day 3 – From L’Espérou to Mont Aigoual, 10 km, 582 m of climbs and 238 m of descents.
Day 4 – From Mont Aigoual to Peychagut (Maison des Cévennes), (GR®7), 17.5 km, 400 m of climbs and 959 of descents.
Day 5 – From Peychagut to Le Vigan, (GR®7), 9 km, 86 m of climbs and 853 m of descents.
Technical Information
Altimetric profile
Starting point
Additional information
Public transport
This hike is accessible by public transport. To consult an up-to-date timetable and plan your journey, use the journey calculator below for your destination bus stop : LE VIGAN – Communauté de Communes
Advice
NB : Steep climb at the start of the hike. Make sure your equipment is appropriate for the day’s weather conditions. Remember that the weather changes quickly in the mountains. Take enough water, wear sturdy shoes and bring warm clothing.
Is in the midst of the park
The national park is an unrestricted natural area but subjected to regulations which must be known by all visitors.
Advised parking
Mairie (town hall)
Access
From Alés or Nîmes take the D999 to Le Vigan.
Arrival
Le Vigan
Ambiance
A fairly athletic hike from pass to pass, with magnificent panoramic views onto a very varied landscape and the Aigoual massif. A five-day trip exploring, among other things, a mixed state forest and a natural pinewood, both wonderfully refreshing in summer. You walk on drailles, ancient livestock tracks linking the Languedoc plain to summer pastures in the uplands.
Departure
Le Vigan
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