GR302 Source and Gorges of the Loire

Every schoolchild knows the source of the Loire: Mont Gerbier-de-Jonc, in the Ardèche mountains. This famous volcano is the starting point of the longest river in France, and also of the GR 3, the Loire path. Here is the first section of this GR, where the path follows a Loire that is still young and wild through gorges it has carved on the eastern flank of the Massif Central, from the edge of the Ardèche to the gates of Saint-Étienne.