Around Collonges, in the Tournugeois region

Date of your route : Sep 24, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Any kind of hike

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Date of your route : Aug 26, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Sometimes you have to take parallel paths, as the marked path is impassable in certain places (brambles, no path, etc.). Is the route up to date on the app?

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Date of your route : Dec 07, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Too much undergrowth for my liking and some inaccuracies in the route/description:
In the Fleurtain woods at around 6.0 km, follow the GPS track carefully => at the crossroads of the four paths (altitude ~ 375 m), do not take the path opposite or to the left, but take the path between the left-hand path and the path opposite, climb up through the forest until you reach a meadow and its fence, then follow the fence on the woods side to the pass (off the trail).
At the Navois pass, you can take the cliff path to Roche d'Aujoux (476 m). If the ground is slippery, take the route described on the GR76A (Chemin des Moines).
Approximately 50% open landscape, 50% undergrowth. Tarmac roads at the start and end of the hike.
Sights: La Roche d'Aujoux and Brancion at the end

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Date of your route : Feb 21, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Follow the GPS carefully because at point 3: climb into the forest towards the east, which is not obvious. You will arrive at a crossroads with four paths. Do not take the path straight ahead or to the left, but take the path between the one on the left and the one straight ahead and cross the forest to a meadow and its fence, then follow the fence to the pass.
At point 5, you can take the marked path on the right through the trees (instead of going past the Brancion car park). This is an alternative route that avoids tarmac and part of the road. You will come to this path at the end of the trail, and take it to the right, towards point 7 (you will rejoin the normal trail when you leave the path).

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Date of your route : Nov 14, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A lovely, easy hike, with the passage through Brançion as an added bonus at the end.
Be careful, as some sections cross fields or follow no path in the forest; you will need to rely on the GPS track.

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Date of your route : Apr 20, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A slight mix-up between landmarks 3 and 4. Couldn't find the path, so we climbed through the forest, which wasn't too dense at the start of spring. The compass came in very handy, and further up we found the path leading to the Navois pass.
A very pleasant hike.

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Date of your route : Sep 23, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

The only problem is the lack of signposting between Etrigny and the Navoy Pass. You have to climb "by feel", knowing that you need to reach the ridge. The description for Brancion could also be a little more precise. The path leading down to the main road is not easy to find. About 100 metres away, visit La Chapelle sous Brancion.
A very pleasant hike, partly in the shade.

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Date of your route : Aug 13, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A small mistake on my part.
at point no. 3, the path is difficult to spot, and I headed towards Corlay le Haut. To get out of there, I took the tarmac road to the Navois pass (a 1 km detour).

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Date of your route : Jan 23, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A magnificent route travelled in an anti-clockwise direction – be careful at the Brançion pass so as not to miss the GR trail – the Grosne valley is magnificent and the houses are each more beautiful than the last.

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Date of your route : Mar 14, 2016
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A superb walk, passing through picturesque villages, perhaps a little too much forest for our taste, but it's true that we
did this hike in March, under slightly grey skies. I think that in July or August, when it's very hot,
it must be more pleasant, but we enjoyed it all the same.

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Date of your route : Sep 12, 2014
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A very interesting route passing through Etrigny with its typical houses featuring staircases leading to the entrance and cellar below, the Château de Balleure (private) and the Château de Brancion if you have time to visit. It's a shame not to take the path past the chapel below Brancion to see the chapel itself.
We covered 20 km, with only one mistake at the Col du Navois in the forest, a difficulty that was signposted but which we were unable to spot. The detour was not very long, perhaps one kilometre.

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Date of your route : Oct 13, 2013
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Thank you. Great hike.

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