On foot · Cévennes, France · June 2026
Mont Aigoual, in the cool
A good hike in the Cévennes, just the way we both like them: Mont Aigoual, on a route billed as 'difficult' and 'cool'. Difficult, not really. Cool, yes: a lovely loop of about 13 kilometres through nature quite different from our Alps.
- Date
- June 2026
- Distance
- 13 km
- Summit
- Mont Aigoual · 1567 m
The route · indicative
The climb
The Cévennes as far as the eye can see
At the start, wild pinks and a brimstone butterfly in the grass. The path climbs through the ever-present forest, with the Cévennes ridges rolling on endlessly.
A different landscape from our Alps, but the same vigour. Between the trees and the 1,500 metres of altitude, it is pleasantly cool.
The summit
The observatory and the Causses side
At the top, at 1,567 metres, the Mont Aigoual weather observatory, the south-eastern bastion of the Massif Central, known for its panorama. On a clear day you should be able to see Mont Blanc.
The way down crosses the slopes of the Prat-Peyrot ski resort, where the parked snow groomers delight Christian, then the Causses side of the mountain. Simply sublime.
