Lozeret
Cubières
Cubières - © Nathalie Thomas
Cubières

Lozeret

Water and geology
History and culture
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A lovely exploration of the Rieutord valley, using old tracks between limestone and schist, with pretty views over the surrounding plateaux.

3 points of interest

  • Cubières depuis le Causse
    Cubières depuis le Causse - nathalie.thomas
    History

    Cubières

    This village, which was founded long ago, owes its name (cubereis) to the copper that the Gallo-Romans mined here. In the Middle Ages, under the protection of the local lord, villagers had to mill flour and then bake their bread in the shared bread oven, which was the property of the Seigneur du Tournel. Whenever they did so, he received a tax called the ban. This feudal right was abolished during the French Revolution, and the oven simply became the village oven.
  • Neyrac
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    History

    Mule trains

    You are at a crossroads; one of the tracks is the former road from Mende to Villefort, which veers off the Route des Arvènes (the Régordane) at La Maloutière (as you leave Villefort). How many mule trains – convoys of at least six laden mules – passed here over the centuries, their bells ringing! The mule drivers passing in their caravans brought life to the village and gave Cubières a look of prosperity. The village road was very commercial, aligning inns and shops.
  • Le Rieutord
    Le Rieutord - © Nathalie Thomas
    Geology

    The Rieutord

    This brook is the Rieutord, which flows into the Altier, a tributary of the Chassezac. Amateur geologists will notice that you are here on the boundary between a limestone pocket on the right, schist (slate) on the right and granite at the summit. The three bedrocks determine the landscape and its vegetation. The limestone is a maritime memento from the Jurassic. The schist was formed in the heat of considerable depths and pushed to the surface by earthquakes during the Quaternary Period. The granite is former magma that made its way through the schist from deeper still to become the surface of Mont Lozère.

Description

From the car park, go uphill on the small road.
  1. In the first bend, take the old track on your left that links Cubières and Lozeret.
  2. As you leave the village of Lozeret, take the track on the right to the Col de Santel pass.
  3. At the pass, take the path on the right that goes downhill to Neyrac to reach Cubières (GR®68).
  • Departure : Cubières
  • Arrival : Cubières
  • Towns crossed : Cubières

Forecast

Altimetric profile

Recommandations

Make sure your equipment is appropriate for 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.

Information desks

Tourism office Mont-Lozère, Villefort

43, Place du Bosquet, 48800 Villefort

https://www.destination-montlozere.fr/contact@destination-montlozere.fr04 66 46 87 30

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.

Open year-round

Find out more

Access and parking

From Mende, follow Villefort, first on the RN 88, then on the D 901; 5 km after Le Bleymard, turn right to Cubières.

Parking :

As you leave Cubières towards Lozeret

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Source

Parc national des Cévenneshttp://www.cevennes-parcnational.fr/
Pôle pleine nature Mont Lozère

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