Coudoulous trail
Route details
Description
The Coudoulous trail offers magnificent panoramic views onto the Longue and Cézarenque valleys from the mountain ridges, which seem uninhabited by mankind. And yet, in places the schist is worn, carved, cut or worked. Here, you follow a rutted track; there, you decipher mysterious carvings; elsewhere, you can guess at the ruins of a mediaeval castle. Around the corner from the trail, the landscape yields up its secret history in the steps of the humans who shaped it.
Route des Crêtes ridge road (the D 35 in Lozère, then the D 52 in the Gard) between the Col de la Croix de Berthel pass and La Tavernole. 1 km after the hamlet of Coudoulous towards Alès (D 906), go over the first crossroads (lane on right) and after 250 m, take the track on the left. Parking en bordure de la route des crêtes (D 35)
CC d'agglomération du Grand Alès
CC des Cévennes au Mont Lozère
Cévennes National Park
Practical information
In rainy weather, the schist can be slippery. It is dangerous to leave the waymarked path. Climbing onto walls weakens them and furthers their destruction.The rutted track and the inscriptions are protected historical monuments; they are fragile. Please leave them intact!