Springs of the Lot and Goulet
Yellow waymarksDiscover the spring of the river Lot, located in a zone of peatbogs at an altitude of around 1 300m. Cross the characterful hamlet of Les Alpiers, where the writer Stevenson and his she-donkey Modestine walked.
Description
Signposts will guide you all along this route, as well as yellow painted waymarks. In the description below, the signposted place names and/or directions are given in bold italics between quotation marks :
Starting at “Le Bleymard”, walk to “La Remise”, “Les Alpiers”, “Chap Duolt”, continue to “Sources du Lot” and return to “Chap Duolt”, before continuing to “Lou Feyra”, “Frachassou”, “La Plone 2x”, “L’Ayrette”, “Prat del Castre”, “St Jean du Bleymard” and “Le Bleymard”.
This hike is taken from the guidebook Mont Lozère – Pays des sources, de la montagne du Goulet aux gorges du Bramont, published by the Pôle de pleine nature du Mont Lozère.
- Departure : Mairie (town hall), Le Bleymard
- Arrival : Mairie (town hall), Le Bleymard
- Towns crossed : Mont Lozère et Goulet and 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 any gates and barriers behind you.
Information desks
Tourism office Mont-Lozère, Bagnols-les-Bains
avenue de la gare, 48190 Bagnols-les-Bains Mont-Lozere et Goulet
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 from mid-April to late September
Place de l'église - Le Bleymard, 48190 Mont Lozère et Goulet
Tourism office Mont-Lozère, Villefort
43, Place du Bosquet, 48800 Villefort
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
Transport
This hike is accessible by public transport only in summer.
To consult the updated schedules and plan your trip, use the route calculator below by entering the arrival stop: MONT LOZÈRE ET GOULET - LE BLEYMARD - Remise
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 the lio Occitanie app or visit : https://www.mestrajets.lio.laregion.fr
Lines 253 and 254 – LiO summer buses July/August
Access and parking
From Mende to Badaroux on the N88, then to Le Bleymard on the D901.
From Villefort to Le Bleymard on the D901.
Parking :
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