(S/E) From Champex Lac parking, walk back to the road (Tour du Lac) that runs through the village. Turn left (West-North-West) and walk along the pavement, passing the bakery. Just before the hotel 'En Plein Air' look out for a path on the opposite side of the road which starts as a set of steps beside a small concrete building.
(1) Cross the road and take the steps and path leading up with chalets on the right until another set of steps leads onto a road (Route de l'Adray) in front of the alpine botanical garden. Turn right (East) and walk along the road to where it ends at a parking place for residents cars.
A small path leads up on the left, at the junction of paths turn left and take the path which ascends to the top right corner of the alpine botanical garden. (Wooden fence with wire top) Now turn right and take the path leading uphill. Cross a wide track (sign post Chemin Emile Lovey) and take the path marked by the red circle with a symbol of a man walking. Ascend to a further two more, red circle, sign posts a few metres apart with another post that has yellow direction markers in between.
(2) Just after the first sign post turn left (North) to follow the yellow direction arrow on the post; take the path that heads uphill, you will be following white-red-white paint flashes. This is the start of the steeper section of the ascent. The path zig-zags uphill through the forest until it arrives at another sign post and T junction.
(3) At the sign post turn right (Le Belvedere) and take the flat then gradually ascending path to the ridge that runs up towards Catogne, further sign post for Le Belvedere. Now take the path along the ridge and down to Le Belvedere.
(4) From Le Belvedere take the path that zig-zags downhill it joins another path at a bench, sign post and brass plaque. (You can cut the walk short at this point by taking the path on the right back to Champex Lac)
(5) For the full walk; turn left (North) at the bench and take the path (Champex Lac par Le Devin), it leads to a view point. Then take further, easy angled zig-zags down hill to another view point over the smooth sweeping slabs of Li Blanche and an information board. Ignore the path on the right (part of the Sentier di Devin circuit) and continue down hill to a junction with a track for vehicles.
(6) At the junction turn right (South-West) and descend the track, almost to the road. With the bend of the road in sight, take a track on the right leading uphill, it will bring you out at a building on the edge of the village. (Ignore the first path on the right as you near the village as it will take you back along the Sentier du Devin circuit to the viewpoint and information board)
(7) Walk along the road to the first drive on the right. Walk up the drive (it looks private but is not), passing a chalet on the left and around two bends (passing another chalet on the right) to where the drive ends and a path starts. (This is the Sentier du Lac / Sentier Emilie Lovey) Now take this path which heads gently uphill and across scree slopes below Le Belvedere. The path will bring you back to the sign posts at (2).
(2) Now reverse the route back to (1) and then Champex Lac parking. (S/E)
