On this short walk below the village, you'll discover an unlikely little cemetery tucked away in the Bois du Ban forest: Le cimetière de la Peste, built during the plague epidemic of 1629-1631.
From the small parking lot on the last bend below Puy-Saint-Pierre, take the wide dirt track (GR50 markings, red and white) signposted Les Eduits - StChaffrey.
This dirt track continues flat for 600 meters, stopping at the crossroads (Les Queyrelles-Briançon - StChaffrey - Pralong-Notre dame des neiges - Prorel). Go down to the sign (Accès domaine - Briançon - Prorel) and pass under the Prorel gondola, which quickly leads to the wide Prorel ski run (Vauban). At this point, walk a few metres down this grassy stretch to pick up a small path just opposite. The route to follow is marked by a red sign indicating "Le Cimetière de la Peste".
After a few steps, a red sign indicates the location of the cemetery on the left, overlooking the path.
The cemetery itself, whose entrance is marked by a cross, is very modest in size, but a true testimony to a plague epidemic that struck much of Europe.
Pick up the path again, which continues through the woods, then rises steeply for a hundred metres or so, to pick up the wide GR50 track that leads back to your starting point on the left.
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The many paths that dot the Bois du Prorel and Bois du Ban offer magnificent views of Briançon .