Les cascades de l'Hérault - long
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Les cascades de l'Hérault - long
Medium
Difficulty2h
Duration5,4km
Distance+207m
Positive Elevation-207m
Negative ElevationLoop
Course type
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Depuis la source de l’Hérault (Prat Peyrot), ce sentier circule dans la forêt accrochée aux pentes du versant sud du Mont Aigoual. Ponctué d’éclairages variés sur la faune, la flore et la gestion forestière, le parcours progresse vers un spectaculaire belvédère sur les cascades de l’Hérault.
3 points of interest
- Natural environment
Senescent stands
- Flora
- Water
River capture
Violent precipitation and the steep gradient of Mediterranean torrents cause regressive (i.e. upstream) erosion of the valleys through which they flow. This erosion can invert the sense of flow and thus “capture” for the Mediterranean a waterway that had, until then, flowed into the Atlantic. One example is the Hérault with its waterfalls, the capture being located at the falls. The Hérault and the Dauphine brook used to flow via L'Espérou into the Dourbie... River pebbles found around the village by geologists attest to the existence of a waterway in the past.
Altimetric profile
Recommandations
Sentier étroit et escarpé, bonnes chaussures indispensables. Les randonnées équestre et à VTT ne sont pas autorisées ou adaptées sur les sentiers d'interprétation.
Is in the midst of the park
The national park is an unrestricted natural area but subjected to regulations which must be known by all visitors.
Information desks
Tourism & national parc'house
Col de la Serreyrède, 30570 Val d'Aigoual
https://www.sudcevennes.com
office-du-tourisme-causse@wanadoo.fr
04 67 82 64 67
The Maison de l'Aigoual houses the tourism office Mont Aigoual Causses Cévennes and the Maison du Parc national. This visitor centre provides information on and raises awareness of the Cévennes National Park, its sites and events as well as the rules that must be observed in the National Park's central zone.
On site: changing exhibitions, video projections, Festival Nature events and shop Open year-round
Transport
liO is the regional public transport service of the Occitanie/ Pyrénées – Méditerranée region. It facilitates everyone’s movements by prioritising public transport. For more information, go to www.lio.laregion.fr
Access and parking
D48 depuis Le Vigan par le col de la Serreyrède ou D18 depuis la Lozère par le col du Perjuret
Parking :
Station AltiAigoual (Prat Peyrot)
Source
CC Causses Aigoual Cévennes Terres Solidaireshttp://www.caussesaigoualcevennes.fr/
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