Vallon de la Viouze

Guidebook with maps/step-by-step

Step 1 : From the start sign, head for the village, then take the 2nd turning on the left, towards Grelières. At the crossroads, go straight ahead ; at the fork, turn right and stay on the carriage road.At the crossroads, go straight down to the entrance to the hamlet of La Feuillade and turn left. At the crossroads near the house, go straight ahead, then at the next crossroads take the 2nd left to the hamlet of Pourtières.

Step 2 : Go straight ahead and at the crossroads go straight ahead.Keep left at the fork. In the woods, keep to the main downhill path, and continue downhill to the right.At the fork, ignore the Roche Bleue waterfall path. Cross the stream by the footbridge.Climb to the viewpoint on the left (Viouze valley).

Step 3 : Continue uphill. Turn left at the T-junction, then left again downhill. At the fork, turn right and, when you see the stream, turn left. Caution : on the way down, leave the main path and take a small path that bends sharply to the right, as far as the Chagot stream.

Step 4 : Ford the stream and climb up. At the fork, keep right and continue to an intersection near a small clearing on the left. At the end of the clearing, turn left (5 min.) onto a promontory (view of the viaduct and Fades dam). Take a hairpin bend to the right on the rising path. At the end of the wood, turn right for 150m (view of the viaduct and Fades dam). Continue uphill. On the plateau, ignore a left-hand track and reach a T-junction. Take the road to the left. At the next crossroads, keep right into the hamlet (Queillette) until you reach the last house.