Sources de l'Allier (à cheval)
Direction les sources de l’Allier sur ce plateau aussi beau qu’agréable, au Nord de la montagne du Goulet.
- 💧 1 drinking water point mapped on the route (OpenStreetMap)
At a glance
21.7 km loop starting from Chasseradès station, 36 minutes' walk from the platform. Allow 6h36 of walking, 570 m of ascent, estimated difficulty: hard. 1 drinking water point is mapped on the route. Seasonality: snow possible from December to March.
Description provided by Parc National des Cevennes, in French; the rest is a summary generated from the route data.
When to go
Snow possible from December to March Highest point: 1,498 m.
Above 1,200 m, snow can cover the waymarks and make the route hard to follow. Ask locally before setting off out of season.
Best season: April to November.
Getting there by train
The start of the trail can be reached on foot from the station, without a car.
- Chasseradès station · 36 min walk (walking time measured on the IGN footpath network)
Travel time from the main stations
- Montpellier Saint-Roch 3h26 by train
- Nîmes 2h47 by train
Indicative times from SNCF GTFS data. Actual times, there and back, are worked out on the interactive map.
Other hikes from Chasseradès
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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