View of Lake Salagou – Mourèze Circus loop from Mourèze

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View of Lake Salagou – Mourèze Circus loop from Mourèze

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View of Lake Salagou – Mourèze Circus loop from Mourèze

04:10

11.6km

560m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 22, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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137 m

Cirque de Moureze

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Cirque de Mourèze is a dramatic 300–340 ha bowl-shaped valley sculpted into dolomitic limestone over some 160 million years . Hard dolomite has withstood erosion while surrounding softer rock was …

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1.34 km

Wild Passage

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Good footwear required

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2.95 km

View of Lake Salagou from Mont Liausson

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Unique panorama of the Languedoc hinterland, with the changing colors of Lake Salagou in the foreground...

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3.66 km

View of Lake Salagou

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Fantastic viewpoint overlooking Salagou Lake.

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4.09 km

Mourèze Circus

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The rocky landscape is incredibly beautiful. But the climb is rather difficult to classify. However, the view is well worth it.

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4.67 km

Entrée de caverne

Cave Entrance

5.94 km

Liausson

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7.62 km

Col de Portes

Mountain Pass

11.4 km

Town of Mourèze

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Original idyllic village. Parking for the migration of Cirque available.

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11.6 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.66 km

2.25 km

795 m

482 m

434 m

Surfaces

5.83 km

2.72 km

1.41 km

638 m

615 m

259 m

147 m

Elevation

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Lowest point (220 m)

Weather

Saturday 10 October

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Comments

April 20, 2025,Cirque de Mourèze

An absolute dream tour today from Liausson to Mourèze and back.

First, we climbed almost 2km up Mont Liausson. The climb already provided beautiful views of the Lac du Salagou reservoir.

Instead of hiking the entire ridge, we descended to the Cirque de Mourèze. It's a spectacular rocky landscape that's second to none.
There's an incredible variety of rock formations …

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