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GR® 68, the Mont Lozère circuit
Description
115 km and 6 days of hiking to discover the granite block fields, inhabitants and shepherds of Mont Lozère.
All information on the whole route can be found on the site monGR.fr of the French hikers’ federation, the Fédération française de la randonnée pédestre. Map ref. IGN 2739 OT.
Technical Information
Altimetric profile
Starting point
Additional information
Public transport
Bus Line 251 Florac - Mende Line 253 Mende - Mont Lozère Line 261 Mont Lozère - Pont de Montvert - Florac lio.laregion.fr/ Train line: Clermont-Ferrand - Nîmes (Villefort - Génolhac)
Advice
NB: For various reasons, the waymarked path may differ from that shown in the topographic guidebook: please follow the waymarks on the trail. Make sure your equipment is appropriate for several days of hiking as well as the day’s weather conditions. Remember that the weather changes quickly in the mountains. Take enough water, wear sturdy shoes and put on a hat. Please close all gates and barriers behind you. As you approach any flock of sheep, be aware that they have guard dogs (patous): get information from a tourist office or National Park information centre on how to behave around these dogs. Bivouacking alongside GR trails in the National Park’s central zone is regulated and, on some stretches, prohibited.
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
Villefort
Access
Villefort on the D 906 from Génolhac or the D 901 from Le Bleymard.
Arrival
Villefort
Ambiance
Whether with family or friends or on your own, discover the scenery of Mont Lozère. Amidst contrasting landscapes, this path reveals many elements of agropastoralism: drovers’ roads, terraced cropland, farms, open areas, itinerant shepherds, sheep… You will be hiking on old mule tracks, now disused in favour of more comfortable routes, passing belltowers, which bear witness to a time when the rude winters cut off villages from all outside contact. This is a solitary country of heath and granite, but also an authentic one, where a welcome always awaits you.
Departure
Villefort
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