This walk, with a special character, leads you around Les deux Puechs, Le Truc des Bondons and Le Truc de Miret. Puech comes from Latin: height and the word Truc would mean isolated top. These two bare tops stand alone in the midst of a beautiful landscape. Further on the walk you will pass a ridge called 'donkey saddle', with beautiful panoramic views of the valleys of the Cévennes and you will walk through the Malaval valley.
Distance: 11 km.
Time: 3h30.
Grade: Moderate.
Type: Circular.
Gps Track: Yes.
Route description: Yes.
Wheelchair: Not suitable.
Dog: Allowed.
Height gain: 466 meters.
Trail: Paved and unpaved.
Marking: Yellow dash and GR.
Hiking shoes recommended.
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The Bondons.
From the starting point you walk on a dirt road around the two Puechs with a nice view of the plain. Then follow the GR68 for a while and you will pass the Echine d'Aze, donkey saddle. At the bare mountain ridge Combélijo you leave the GR and you walk straight through meadows along the Les Hirondelles ravine, you cross the Ruisseau de Girouse via a gué to reach the hamlet of Malaval. The houses are built in granite and the decorations such as the sitting dogs in limestone. From Malaval you walk through an open landscape back to the departure point.
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Sense for orientation needed between WP4 and WP5.
