Hiking Sheet 17 – Along the rural path, from the fortified town

Key points:

4h – 11 km
Start Point: The Bastide
course: difficult
D+: 590m

The decline in pastoralism accelerated with the mass rural exodus between the two wars. Gradually, the reclamation of meadows, mountain and subalpine grasslands gained ground. This process of closure accelerated especially after the floods of 40.