Around Mornant

Walk in the Mornant countryside after visiting the medieval centre.

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    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 17.42 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 6h 20 
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    Difficulty: Moderate

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    Back to start: Yes
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    Ascent: + 463 m
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    Descent: - 467 m

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    Highest point: 620 m
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    Lowest point: 330 m

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Description of the walk

Park in the car park of the old swimming pool, at the roundabout, opposite the campsite.

(S/E) Go up Rue de la Loire then Rue Bourg Chanin to reach Old Mornant and the church. Visit the village.

(1) Walk back down Rue Caremi, Rue Patrin and the gardens next to the former library to reach the gymnasium. Opposite, a small bridge allows you to cross the river, then the D30 road.

(2) Go up opposite La Chavanne and continue west to a place called Le Bois.

(3) Turn north towards Les Terres, Grandes Terres to the west and Les Roches, then head north towards Saint-Sorlin where you cross the road (church).

(4) Continue straight ahead. At the fork, turn left and continue to another fork (elevation 517).

(5) Turn right and descend a path to the north-east towards Chaussan, which leads to the bottom of the Ruisseau de Malval valley.

(6) Turn left towards La Saignette, then west to Le Baudoy.

(7) Head south towards Arfeuille then Chavagneux.

(8) Head south, cross the D613, then the D63 at Collonge and continue south until you reach a small road.

(9) Take it to the left to the sanctuary, which you can visit.

(10) Retrace your steps and head south, then east. Join a small road that passes near a water tower and continue to a crossroads.

(11) Turn right and, after 200 m, you will come to a path on the left.

(12) Take this path down to Lac de la Madone. Follow the lake to the dam.

(13) Cross the dam and head north up Chemin des Côtes (Pré Baron).

(15) Turn south-east for 1 km until you reach a path.

(16) Take it on the left to reach Mornant via the Croix de l'Orémus and the roundabout at the campsite (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 334 m - Car park at the old swimming pool opposite the campsite.
  2. 1 : km 0.35 - alt. 363 m - Old Mornant
  3. 2 : km 0.88 - alt. 337 m - D30
  4. 3 : km 1.71 - alt. 398 m - Place known as Le Bois
  5. 4 : km 3.83 - alt. 502 m - Church
  6. 5 : km 4.47 - alt. 522 m - Fourche (elevation 517)
  7. 6 : km 5.25 - alt. 419 m - Malval stream
  8. 7 : km 7.56 - alt. 567 m - Le Baudoy
  9. 8 : km 9.21 - alt. 571 m - Chavagneux
  10. 9 : km 11.12 - alt. 476 m - Road junction
  11. 10 : km 11.99 - alt. 499 m - Sanctuary and chapel
  12. 11 : km 13.18 - alt. 422 m - Crossroads
  13. 12 : km 13.48 - alt. 419 m - Fork in the path
  14. 13 : km 14.31 - alt. 390 m - Dam
  15. 14 : km 15.09 - alt. 412 m - Pré Baron
  16. 15 : km 16.26 - alt. 378 m - Fork in the path
  17. S/E : km 17.42 - alt. 334 m - Car park at the old swimming pool opposite the campsite.

Notes

Good shoes if the ground is wet (two streams to cross).

Worth a visit

Visit the old town of Mornant.
Sanctuary with chapel in Saint-Sorlin.
Lac de la Madone: walking, fitness route, fishing, picnics.

Reviews and comments

3.8 / 5
Based on 14 reviews

Reliability of the description
3.3 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.1 / 5
Route interest
3.8 / 5
vissenty
vissenty

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 07, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Enjoyable hike around Mornant

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Elizabeth
Elizabeth

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 26, 2022
Reliability of the description : Not used / Not applicable
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

• Hello, and thank you for this GPS track. I did it today, with three changes:
o I took Rue de Saint-Sorlin to see the Gier aqueduct (Pont du Mornantet), then rejoined the track.
o After Saint-Sorlin, I cut across to go directly to Chavagneux. My route is therefore 15.5 km long and, according to my GPS track on Visorando... hold on to your hats... 1,187 m of elevation gain, instead of the 293 m advertised!.... I had a good laugh!
o When I arrived at a place called Le Sanctuaire in Saint-Sorlin, I went up to see the chapel and the statue of Bernadette, which is interesting from a historical point of view (see the Wikipedia article entitled https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparition... which puts the apparitions in a historical context and studies the facts objectively).
• Note: there are various picnic areas: at Le Sanctuaire in Saint-Sorlin, there is a table with benches, and in the garden by the statue, there are benches. At Lake La Madone, there are tables with benches (once you have passed the dam).
• On the lake (or "the basin", as it supplies water for agriculture), there are solar panels and, a little further up, a whole series of solar panels.
• Lovely heritage surprises in Mornant.
• No problem with the GPS track. Everything is as it should be! Once again, thank you. The weather was fine, but it was windy...

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FLOCH
FLOCH ★

Hello Pascal,
I have just reread the description and I understand your comment.
This description is relatively old (2014) and its presentation no longer quite meets our current requirements.
The author is invited to update their description.
Kind regards

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pascal.amieux
pascal.amieux

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 18, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Departure at 9:15 a.m., return at 4:15 p.m. Fine weather, foggy with a slight breeze.

In the description, at each point, the author comments on the route we have just taken. This is quite confusing at first, until you understand the logic: you have to read the commentary for the next point to get an explanation of what you are about to encounter.
If you don't know Mornant, the starting point of the walk is a little difficult to find. Perhaps you could specify that it is the first roundabout coming from Givors on the D34?
After point 6, we missed the turn-off to La Saignette and went up to Chaussan. This little detour is well worth it.
Now in Collonge, before point 9, the crossroads is just before the farm.

There are some beautiful views on this walk, so no regrets.

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mplongin
mplongin

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 06, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

We were lucky enough to enjoy our picnic in the sunshine outside La Tanière in Chavagneux. Normally open on Fridays from 4pm to 9pm, it was open when we visited, and beer lovers were able to sample a beer called Bière des Loups, brewed on site. There is also fruit and vegetables and a bar serving beer and fruit juice.

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lisabelle
lisabelle

Overall rating : 2.7 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 02, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

A walk without much interest except for a possible visit to the villages of Mornant and Saint Sorlin.
Steady but long climb. Difficult to do with small children. The sanctuary of Saint Sorlin and Lake La Madone are a lovely surprise. We cut across at number 5 to reach number 10 and it took us 3 hours.

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tiroune
tiroune

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 25, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

The hike is very pleasant, with beautiful scenery, alternating between paths and roads with very little traffic, but there are a few too many of them. The description is very brief, so it's a good thing there's a map, or GPS tracking with the Visorando app. Thank you for sharing!

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fmontagu
fmontagu

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 02, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Please note: the route on the downloadable version of the website is correct, but not the version available on smartphones: there is a discrepancy in the waypoints from no. 4 onwards, which is located in the hamlet of Le Bois as indicated in the downloaded PDF file, but on the smartphone version, no. 4 is located in St Sornin, and so on.

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manuel.fonseca
manuel.fonseca

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 18, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Walk taken on 17/02/19 in good weather, pleasant route.
It allowed us (a group of nine people) to get to know old Mornant better, as well as the sanctuary of Saint-Sorlin.
It was a shame that the dam (Lac de la Madone) was practically empty.
Beautiful view of the Alps.
Thank you for this lovely route.

Manu Fonseca

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gazok54
gazok54 ★

Thanks again
Let's let the author know about your suggestion, which I think is very relevant.

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gazok54
gazok54 ★

Thank you VERY MUCH
It's true that it's not easy to transcribe everything, and our authors deserve credit for their work.
But it's also thanks to you, the hikers, that these authors are able to update their hikes.
Is it possible to start from the old swimming pool? What is there now?
If you have any other suggestions for improving the description, please do not hesitate to let us know.

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scandex
scandex

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 09, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

If you want to follow the directions, it is best to have a GPS. The walk is not particularly interesting.

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bibi
bibi ★

Thank you for your feedback. Please feel free to tell us what you felt was missing and, above all, what you think would be useful to mention for future hikers.
Kind regards

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scandex
scandex

Overall rating : 3 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 17, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

The description of the hike is really not very clear. It lacks essential details for the hike to go smoothly. Lake Madone is uninteresting.
Kind regards

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Kiki&Titi
Kiki&Titi

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 30, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

Hello,
We did the "short version" of this hike, going from point 5 to point 10 in St Sorlin.
The circular allowed us to discover the village of Mornant, the countryside and then Lake Madone in 2½ hours.
We'll have to do the whole thing again to give a full review.
That said, it would certainly be useful to include the short version of this hike for those who are searching based on time!
Happy hiking, everyone.

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