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There is no GTMC waymarking for the first few kilometres of the route – from the centre of Clermont-Ferrand to Durtol on its outskirts. Thereafter the standard waymarking system is used all the way until a little after La Couvertoirade on Stage 14, with the exception of the central zone of the Cévennes National Park, where GTMC waymarking is prohibited. The GTMC enters and leaves the park on several occasions during Stages 9 to 13 (this is shown clearly on the maps in this book), when special care must be taken with route-finding. However, following the route description in this book, together with careful map and compass work, should result in a straightforward passage though these areas. Remember too that waymarking of GR, GR de Pays, horse-riding trails and PR trails (see below) does continue in the park, which helps greatly in the absence of GTMC waymarks.

Soon after La Couvertoirade the GTMC waymarking described above ends, but is replaced by waymarking for the GT34 – the Grande Traversée de l'Hérault – with which the GTMC is coincident until Saint-Jean-de-Fos, at the end of Stage 15. This waymarking is quite different from that described above. Each waymark now consists of a short green post bearing a GT34 and Hérault region stickers.