On the Chemin Vauban, Jujols, eastern Pyrenees, France

About 2.5 hours walking
IGN 1:25,000 map "Font Romeu Capcir", 2249ET

· Start at the car park opposite the church in Jujols.
· Follow the jeep track up the hill, around a couple of bends.
· At another bend in the track, take a path, straight ahead, signposted as "Chemin de Manout".
· Shortly afterwards you see a sign on the path saying "Sentier de la Garrigue".
· At a path fork, go left, even though the waymarking suggests that you shouldn't.
· You descend, cross a stream and start to climb.
· At another path junction, go straight ahead.
· You are now on what is shown on the map as the "Chemin Vauban".
· On eventually arriving at a path crossing there is a sign saying "Chemin Vauban Jujols".
· The "Chemin Vauban" has been created by the regional park authority. See their leaflet at:
www.vernet-dels-banys.eu/sentiervauban.pdf (4.5 Mb).
· Go right, up a steep, semi-open hillside.
· On meeting a rough track, go left, along that track.
· The track emerges from the forest, and from here on you cross high open land with far-reaching views into and across the Têt valley.
· Keep to the track as it bends sharply to the right, then winds up the hillside.
· At a track junction, go right.
· At another track junction go left.
· You meet the jeep track that you started on. Turn right and follow that track all the way back to Jujols.
· From just above a reservoir, it is possible to follow a series of paths that cut off bends in the track. The paths are partly waymarked. But they don't always follow the line of the path shown on the map. If in doubt, keep to the track.
· Just before returning to the start point, it is worth taking a well-used path on the left that descends steeply into the pretty mountain village of Jujols.
· From the village, the route back up to the car park where the walk started is obvious.

(A pdf version of this walk is at:
http://www.walks-vernetlesbains-canigou.eu/wikiloc/jujols-chemin-vauban.pdf,
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