Guidebook with maps/step-by-step
(D/A) From the village square at 570m, cross the Arnave bridge and immediately turn right. If you look carefully, you'll find the chapel on its promontory at the top of Saint-Paul. After ten minutes or so, close to the stream, the track begins to climb. Past the wide meadows of Miédevièle and the reservoir on the right, the track begins to climb steadily. You abandon it after a twenty-metre steep incline as it gets lost in the fields. Shortly afterwards, the track heads straight for the chapel.
0h30 - CHAPELLE SAINT-PAUL (722m). Go left, due south, for the Col d'Ussat. You're entering the Forêt de Barthala. Descend, ascend, descend, and you pass to the right of the Orri de Pédissol.
0h55 - REPLAT DU PEDISSOL (755m). From the flat, you must make a right-hand turn. You'll soon reach the last hairpin bends of the climb up to the pass.
1h15 - COL D'USSAT (859m). At the crossroads. Go east at the pylon, towards Arnave.
1h40 - CHEMIN DE FRANQUE. The path takes you back to the D20, which you will have to climb for 200m.
2h10 - Via impasse de Trapadou and rue du Bayle, turn right into the village square.
0h30 - CHAPELLE SAINT-PAUL (722m). Go left, due south, for the Col d'Ussat. You're entering the Forêt de Barthala. Descend, ascend, descend, and you pass to the right of the Orri de Pédissol.
0h55 - REPLAT DU PEDISSOL (755m). From the flat, you must make a right-hand turn. You'll soon reach the last hairpin bends of the climb up to the pass.
1h15 - COL D'USSAT (859m). At the crossroads. Go east at the pylon, towards Arnave.
1h40 - CHEMIN DE FRANQUE. The path takes you back to the D20, which you will have to climb for 200m.
2h10 - Via impasse de Trapadou and rue du Bayle, turn right into the village square.
