Intermediate circuit which culminates at the Les Chardons Bleus nature reserve

This circuit runs above the canyon of the Fournel and takes you to the Deslioures nature reserve, a Natura 2000 site established in 1993 by the French Forestry Commission. This area is home to one of Europe's biggest populations of blue sea holly (Eryngium alpinum) which is protected at national and European level. It is also called the Queen-of-the-Alps.