Les crêtes de Mende - Trail n°5
Au départ de Mende, une grande escapade sportive qui offre de magnifiques vues sur la vallée.
- 💧 2 drinking water points mapped on the route (OpenStreetMap)
At a glance
20.4 km loop starting from Mende - Mende - Foirail bus stop, 1 minutes' walk from the stop. Allow 6h42 of walking, 794 m of ascent, estimated difficulty: hard. 2 drinking water points are mapped on the route. Seasonality: occasional snow in midwinter.
Description provided by Conseil Departemental Lozere, in French; the rest is a summary generated from the route data.
When to go
Occasional snow in midwinter Highest point: 1,091 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 and bus
This route links two stations: you can walk it in either direction, without coming back to where you started.
- Mende - Mende - Foirail bus stop start · 1 min walk (walking time measured on the IGN footpath network)
- Mende station start · 14 min walk (walking time measured on the IGN footpath network)
Other hikes from Mende - Mende - Foirail
Data source
Data produced by Conseil Departemental Lozere, licence: CC-BY-NC-SA, updated on 17 February 2025
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