1. GTM - Stage 01 : Entraunes - Estenc

From  Entraunes,  cross  the  bridge  over the Var (w.33), just opposite the Chapelle  Saint-Sébastien, and  follow  the road that passes close to the road maintenance  services  premises.  Go  past  the  small  road  to  Oustamura  (w.34),  leaving  it  to  your  left,  and  continue  along  the  Var  up  to  a  little  oratory (w.35). Follow the earth track that  leads  to  a  dam  installed  in  the  stream bed near the confluence with the  Vallon  de  Garreton.  Gain  100m  in  height  to  cross  the  vallon  using  a  footbridge and turn off onto the path that  passes  below  the  rock  bands  of  the Baumette up to the Aiglière waterfall (1450m). Leave  the  right  bank  of  the  Var  (footbridges), catching some spray from the waterfall as you go, then continue along the ascending path and you will soon return to the right bank, where the valley widens.Cut across the road above the Saint-Roch bridge (w.36) and ascend a rough track that leads to the water reservoir.A  comfortable  path  follows  on  from  this, passing alongside a large field and reaching  the  Chapelle  Saint-Sauveur  (w.37).The  landscape  softens  and  the  easy  walking  will  take  you,  through  the  undergrowth or at the edge of fields, to  an  intersection  (w.39b).  Turn  right  to get to the group of houses named L'Avalanche,  from  which  you  can  nostalgically  admire  a  large  farm  and a small church with its adjoining cemetary.After crossing the Var, the path passes near  some  farmhouse  stopover  gites  (w.38), and from the drinking trough, ascends directly towards an oratory.Cross the torrent in the narrow gorge for  a  last  time  by  means  of  the  Pont  du Diable, and ascend up to the road (w.39a – 39), just before the Auberge de  la  Cayolle  and  the  Lac  d’Estenc  (w.40).Follow the path beside the lake to the left,  then  head  for  the  Cantonnière  hostel-hut  and  the  edge  of  the  Mercantour National Park by taking a direct path (w.41) across the hayfields.