Cham des Balmelles - Trail n°3
Mieux vaut avoir de bonnes jambes pour honorer ce vaillant parcours qui, dominant les deux vallées de l’Altier et du Chalondres, passe par le jolie causse des Balmelles et la forêt domaniale de Bayard.
- 💧 2 drinking water points mapped on the route (OpenStreetMap)
Description provided by Parc National des Cevennes, in French.
When to go
Occasional snow in midwinter Highest point: 884 m.
Trail usable all year round in normal conditions. Check after a snowfall between December and February.
Best season: March to November.
Getting there by train
The start of the trail can be reached on foot from the station, without a car.
- Villefort station · 19 min walk (walking time measured on the IGN footpath network)
Travel time from the main stations
- Montpellier Saint-Roch 3h43 by train
- Nîmes 2h02 by train
- Béziers 3h38 by train
Indicative times from SNCF GTFS data. Actual times, there and back, are worked out on the interactive map.
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Data source
Data produced by Parc National des Cevennes, licence: Open data (data.gouv.fr) - reutilisation libre, attribution par fiche, updated on 1 April 2026
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