The best waterfall hikes and walks around Barrage du Couzon

Then a great hike but at the waypoint (just before 2) we had to detour to the northwest: the path became very complicated with the dogs and it was a tick nest, there was too much vegetation and the trail was not legible. We lost a little less than 10 minutes but without cutting as the itinerary suggests and by taking the path, everything went very well.

Very nice but does not deserve its easy trail status.

At the sanctuary located here, a Calvary chapel, I would like to invite the hiker / walker staying here to take up a very brief thought from the Holy Father, which Pope Leo XIV expressed on Ash Wednesday this year: + "It is about God's plan, which has a goal: to unite all creatures thanks to the work of reconciliation of Jesus Christ, a work that is accomplished in his death on the cross."

A superb November morning, with a changing mist.

Arrival at 1361m!: wind 😉

Nice viewpoint

The water in the fountain is super fresh, very beautiful view and good refuge

The Brotherhood of the White Penitents, owners of the Calvary Chapel, was founded in 1578 by the Capuchin Father Matias de Saladin. The Calvary Chapel was built in 1724. Unfortunately, the brotherhood was dissolved in 1777, and the chapel was abandoned. Then, in 1844, the brotherhood reformed and raised the chapel from its ruins. Mass was celebrated there on May 3 and September 14. In addition, the penitents made a procession depicting the Passion every year on Maundy Thursday. In 1892, the brotherhood ceased again, and the chapel remained abandoned until 2000. Finally, it was the Association of Friends of the Calvary Chapel that undertook to restore it with the help of the pilgrims of Santiago de Compostela. The shell construction was completed in 2005, and the interior decoration in 2008. To the left of the door there is a door opener for the pilgrims.