Ancient Beech Tree loop from Prats-de-Sournia

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Ancient Beech Tree loop from Prats-de-Sournia

Moderate

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Ancient Beech Tree loop from Prats-de-Sournia

02:42

8.88km

310m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 1, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Parc naturel régional Corbières-Fenouillèdes

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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1.54 km

Cabanas ehemals von Hirten errichtet

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2.69 km

South-Facing Slope with Maquis Vegetation

Highlight • Forest

4.26 km

Ancient Beech Tree

Highlight • Natural Monument

Ancient, huge beech! Must have seen, is so big that it does not fit on a photo.

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4.76 km

Nordhang mit andem Mikroklima - Alter Buchenwald

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7.16 km

360° panorama over the Roussillon

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Small passage through the summit of this puech which offers a magnificent panorama of Roussillon, with the Pyrenean peaks in the background.

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8.88 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.21 km

2.71 km

1.46 km

509 m

Surfaces

3.74 km

3.69 km

1.05 km

324 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 30 October

19°C

7°C

12 %

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Comments

October 6, 2024,Uralte, riesige Buche Runde von Prats-de-Sournia

A very beautiful hike, which mainly follows forest paths, a south-facing slope with maquis vegetation, over overgrown, formerly cultivated terraced terrain, and climbs continuously to the highest point of the route. There the path leads in a spur down the north slope for about a kilometer. The microclimate and thus the vegetation change, and you suddenly find yourself in an …

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