Corniches du Méjean

I took advantage of Sylvie's theater trip to do this beautiful and easy hike. Easy, but with some nice climbs and magical rock formations around every turn. The route is well-marked, on good trails, certainly very popular in season. I loved this hike for the beauty of the scenery and the sunrise behind the rocks—splendid! Highly recommended!

The passage on the Corniche de la Jonte is embellished with fairly steep climbs and descents, the views are however magnificent and the last point of view allows us to see the vultures. The return to the Causse and the cornice on the Tarn offers remarkable aspects

a great classic when you come to the region, this hike is very well known. So there can be a lot of people! The hike quickly leaves the town and heads towards the Rocher de Capluc. Personally, I know my limits when it comes to dizziness and I haven't climbed to the top of the rock. The ascent is via several iron ladders, empty space guaranteed! So I continued hiking on the marked trail. This one is not complicated, a few nice climbs, sometimes you have to lift your leg, a few passages next to the void... Like the famous "Balcon des Vertiges"!! The landscapes are incredible. Vulture Dance. It's really beautiful ! Once the "Gorges de la Jonte" slope is finished, the path passes through the pine forest to reach the "Gorges du Tarn" slope. Very nice hike! See the other hikes taken during my Road Trip in Aveyron, Tarn and Lozère: https://www.komoot.com/fr-fr/collection/2796981/-road-trip-aveyron-tarn-et-lozere

A little early to take advantage of the arrival of autumn and its palette of colors. On the other hand for the first time I had the chance to hear the passage of 2 vultures. The sound of a flying wing....magic

Haute we kill two birds with one stone. Firstly, it is said to be one of the most beautiful hikes in the whole gorge and secondly it gives us a glimpse of the Jonte valley, where vultures live and are said to often circle between 8:00 and 11:00 a.m., but only in good weather, because on cloudy days there is no thermal air and the vultures stay at home. Without the warm updraft, a vulture, which can hardly fly because of its heavy body but can only glide, is lost. But it can go for days without food and glide 50 km in good winds. In the steep gorges of Tarn and Jonte, in the Grands Causses National Park, griffon vultures, Egyptian vultures and the rare black vultures, which had been extinct in the wild since the 1920s, were successfully reintroduced in the 1980s. A vulture observation station with a feeding area has been set up in the La Maison des Vautours in the valley, and from there you have a good chance of being able to observe the birds. The vultures had not only become extinct because they were mercilessly persecuted - completely unjustly, by the way, because a vulture is a pure scavenger - the birds were also no longer able to find enough food in the decimated flocks of sheep. In the past, the table was richly laid, but the survival rate of the young sheep has now increased. So much for the preface. The planned hike is no walk in the park at 12.6 km and 620 m in altitude, because we climb from the river up into the rock faces that tower above us this morning, still shrouded in mist. We climb more than 300 m in the air in the first hour, sweat pouring out of every pore. Even in the Finnish sauna, neither of us sweat nearly as much as we did this morning on the way up, and we wonder whether that could be due to the weather or perhaps our age. We reach a small hermitage and there they are, the mighty, circling vultures above us with their gigantic wingspan of up to 3 m. We keep stopping and following their flight, noticing their shadows on our path. It is something very special, something extraordinary that touches us both and gets under our skin. An uplifting experience in the truest sense of the word. They accompany us almost to the end of the hike, until clouds roll in and it starts to rain. From the hermitage onwards, it becomes more adventurous, the views more gigantic, the paths narrower and steeper. I am completely happy with the hike and filled with "ahs" and "ohs" and so proud of my Joe, who is keeping up so bravely. It seems to be (still) OK for him going uphill. Anyone who knows me knows that I am also very happy with photography. I film and take photos and afterwards I can't decide which picture or video I should leave out. So you can look at them all if you like and at the end you will definitely have the feeling that you have completed the entire hike with us and one or two of you will certainly have a drop or two of sweat on your forehead, whether it is sweat or a reaction to fear of heights is anyone's guess. You have been warned. At the end we end up in a landscape that is very similar to the Grand Canyon but with a lot more vegetation. And: we are standing right on the edge of the abyss more than once. 1 m further on it drops vertically down to 400 m, sometimes even overhanging. Climbers are hanging from the ropes in the rocks, and even I feel dizzy watching. My darling has now moved away from me again, he has to run ahead and go at his own pace. His head for heights is dwindling and he tries to explain it like this: he has a barrel full of head for heights per hike, which gets fuller as the hike progresses. At some point it overflows and then he simply can't bear the height any longer. Finally, we reach our motorhome in a light, refreshing drizzle. Exhausted, overwhelmed, but also happy, inspired and a little proud of ourselves.

We are in Millau for a few days; it is simply amazing what you can do here. First you visit the Viaduc de Millau; at 2,460 metres it is the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world; the highest pillar is 245 metres high. From kayaking, paragliding, cycling, climbing, hiking, trekking or balancing on a rope between two mountain peaks, everything is possible here. We decided on the trekking tour. In Le Rozier there is free parking in the town; we start our tour from here. The first part goes 2.5 km constantly up the mountain, then the circular route begins. The first 5 km are alpine; good footwear and surefootedness are recommended. Climbing groups flock to this route. The panorama is unique, with impressive cliffs looming again and again. After around 7 km you go back down the same way.

After 1km500 possibility of turning left as we did in order to have a view of the clapuc rock. Access for intermediate ++

Top hike but don't be dizzy I was limited at times but it's so beautiful!