Above the valleys at Couchey

Park at the Couchey orientation table car park.

(S/E) Take the path that branches off to the left of the white road and follows the Combe de Vaulon to its end.

(1) Take the path on the right that joins the white path you left at the car park. Continue left until you reach a wooden barrier.

(2) Turn right into the woods and join the crossroads with a path coming from the right.

(3) Head left and continue along this path, which curves to the right before reaching another junction.

(4) Turn left and continue to the top of Combe Pévenelle.

(5) Ignore the path that descends into it and follow the one that runs alongside it, then veer left to reach a crossroads in the Bois des Francs.

(6) Turn left and you will soon reach a junction with a straight cross-path.

(7) Turn left and follow it to a white path.

(8) Cross it and take the path opposite leading to the top of Combe Semetrot.

(9) Head left to follow it along the top and rejoin the white path you crossed earlier: signpost and picnic table.

(10) Make a short first turn right then left to take a south-east facing path that passes under a power line before leading to another white path. Continue on the left to find the wooden barrier.

(2) Go straight ahead, then turn right to retrace your steps in the opposite direction to return to the car park (S/E).

Picnic table above Marsannay-la-Côte.
Circular route with very little elevation gain.
Flowering in spring.