GR® 68, the Mont Lozère circuit

Foot

in VILLEFORT

  • Medium
  • Mont Lozere

Route details

Distance : 117.1 km

Duration of the route : 6 day(s)

Elevation gain : 4672 mètres

Negative elevation : 4671 mètres

Altitude max 1449 m

Altitude min 532 m

White and red GR

Cultural, Historical, Natural

Description

Whether with family or friends or on your own, discover the scenery of Mont Lozère. Amidst contrasting landscapes, this path reveals many elements of agropastoralism: drovers’ roads, terraced cropland, farms, open areas, itinerant shepherds, sheep… You will be hiking on old mule tracks, now disused in favour of more comfortable routes, passing belltowers, which bear witness to a time when the rude winters cut off villages from all outside contact. This is a solitary country of heath and granite, but also an authentic one, where a welcome always awaits you.

  • Cultural
  • Historical
  • Natural
Access information :

Villefort on the D 906 from Génolhac or the D 901 from Le Bleymard. Villefort

Source structure :

Comité départemental de la randonnée pédestre 48

Leading publisher :

Cévennes National Park

Practical information

NB: For various reasons, the waymarked path may differ from that shown in the topographic guidebook: please follow the waymarks on the trail. Make sure your equipment is appropriate for several days of hiking as well as the day’s weather conditions. Remember that the weather changes quickly in the mountains. Take enough water, wear sturdy shoes and put on a hat. Please close all gates and barriers behind you. As you approach any flock of sheep, be aware that they have guard dogs (patous): get information from a tourist office or National Park information centre on how to behave around these dogs. Bivouacking alongside GR trails in the National Park’s central zone is regulated and, on some stretches, prohibited.

More info

Elevation4671 D- / 4672 D+Distance1.0 km

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