Col de Peyrefiche
Key facts
- Distance
- 10.8 km
- Ascent
- +515 m
- Descent
- −427 m
- Estimated time
- 3 hr 20
- hiking
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- official rating
- Route
- Loop
- back to the start
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 7.3 km under 10% and 3.5 km at 10 to 20%. Elevation from 420 m to 710 m over 10.8 km.
Description
A spotlight on the drailles, the former traffic arteries for pastoralism in the Cévennes. Walk between chestnut groves and holm oaks and through hamlets surrounded by gardens, orchards and crop terraces planted with mild Cévennes onions. Signposts will guide you all along this route. In the description below, the signposted place names and/or directions are given in bold italics between quotation marks : Starting at "MANDAGOUT", walk to "COL DE PEYREFICHE" via : - "Mandagout - Centre", - "La Planque", - "Chemin de Rouas", - "COL DE PEYREFICHE", - "Peyrefiche", - "Rouas" before returning to : - "Chemin de Rouas" and then "MANDAGOUT" via "La Planque" and "Mandagout - Centre". This walk is taken from the guidebook Les Vallées Cévenoles - En Pays Viganais, published by the Communauté de communes Pays Viganais-Cévennes as part of the collection Espaces Naturels Gardois and the label Gard Pleine Nature.
Difficulty
Official rating: moderate, by Parc national des Cévennes.
Before you go
- Make sure your equipment is appropriate for the day’s weather conditions. Take enough water, wear sturdy shoes and put on a hat. Please close any gates and barriers behind you.
Getting there
Start: Mandagout, Mandagout (30).
Sources
- Track: Parc national des Cévennes, Licence Ouverte 1.0, Licence Ouverte 1.0 (Etalab) (destination.cevennes-parcnational.fr/trek/74106-Col-de-Peyrefiche). Time estimated by GPX Path with the Mac app rule, breaks not included.
- Official elevation gain: 515 m, Parc national des Cévennes
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