Canayère
Key facts
- Distance
- 6.2 km
- Ascent
- +428 m
- Descent
- −386 m
- Estimated time
- 2 hr 20
- hiking
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- official rating
- Route
- Loop
- back to the start
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 2.6 km under 10%, 2.3 km at 10 to 20% and 1.2 km over 20%. Elevation from 556 m to 898 m over 6.2 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 16%
- Dirt & gravel 82%
- Unknown 2%
- Path types
- Trail 56%
- Track 26%
- Road 16%
- Off-network 2%
Description
A very diverse hike through beautiful and changing forests, with rocky stretches and views over the gorges, the river Dourbie, Mont Lingas and Mont St-Guiral. You won't get bored! Signposts will guide you all along this route. In the description below, the signposted place names and/or directions are given in bold italics between quotation marks: Starting at "Trèves - Mairie", follow "La Vierge", then "Le Pas du Coulet" and "Canayère". From there, make for "Trèves" via "Valat d'Espruniers", "Réservoir du Villaret", "Le Villaret" and "La Vierge". This walk is taken from the guidebook Massif de l’Aigoual, published by the Communauté de communes Causses Aigoual Cévennes as part of the collection Espaces Naturels Gardois and the label Gard Pleine Nature.
Difficulty
Official rating: moderate, by Parc national des Cévennes.
Before you go
- 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 good shoes and put on a hat. Please close all gates and barriers after yourself.
Getting there
Start: Trèves, Trèves (30).
Sources
- Track: Parc national des Cévennes, Licence Ouverte 1.0, Licence Ouverte 1.0 (Etalab) (destination.cevennes-parcnational.fr/trek/39571-Canayere). Time estimated by GPX Path with the Mac app rule, breaks not included.
- Surface and path types: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, extract of 28 October 2026, matched to the track every 10 m (openstreetmap.org/copyright)
- Official elevation gain: 428 m, Parc national des Cévennes
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