Mill Trail


The road to Le Masmin
Le Tronc
Le Salson
This hamlet amidst meadows is very exposed to the winds but benefits from several springs, which are a crucial asset for farms. The diversity of the farm buildings (granges, sheepfolds, stables, clèdes or chestnut-drying buildings, etc.) bears witness to the size of these farms in the old days.

The mill
In another building, pieces of caddis cloth were fulled. The water of the Gardon d'Alès was partially dammed and collected in a gourgue (basin) to activate the mill’s horizontal wheels. When the water re-emerged, it was channelled into béals (irrigation channels). A 2 km-long béal irrigated meadows and chestnut trees all the way to below Le Grenier.
Description
Starting at “Vimbouches”, walk towards “Draille de Vimbouches”. Continue towards “Poumeyrol” via Le Masmin and Le Tronc. At the “Poumeyrol” intersection, return to “Vimbouches” via “Le Salson-Nord”. The walk takes you right past the mill.
This hike is taken from the guidebook Mont Lozère - Pays des sources, Sommet des Cévennes, published by the Pôle de pleine nature du Mont Lozère.
- Departure : Hamlet of Vimbouches, Ventalon-en-Cévennes
- Arrival : Hamlet of Vimbouches, Ventalon-en-Cévennes
- Towns crossed : Ventalon en Cévennes, Pont de Montvert - Sud Mont Lozère
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Information desks
Office de tourisme Des Cévennes au mont Lozère
le Quai, 48220 Le Pont de Montvert sud mont-Lozère
https://www.cevennes-montlozere.com/
info@cevennes-montlozere.com
04 66 45 81 94
Tourism'house and national Parc at Florac
Place de l'ancienne gare, N106, 48400 Florac-trois-rivières
https://www.cevennes-gorges-du-tarn.com
info@cevennes-parcnational.fr
04 66 45 01 14
This office is part of the National Park's associated tourist-information network, whose mission is to provide information on, and raise awareness of, the sites and events as well as the rules that must be observed in the National Park's central zone.
On site: exhibitions, video projections, events and shop Open year-round
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