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Departure from La Noviche (small car park).
(S/E) Turn left (opposite the bread oven) onto the forest path that leads to the village of La Terrasse. 250 m from the start, turn left. The path crosses a beech forest, passes a small stream (the border between the municipalities of Olmet and Le Brugeron) and continues under the beech forest. Currently, due to beech tree felling and logging, the path is in poor condition, but accessible! At a bend, it begins to descend and enters a coniferous forest. At the end of the descent, the path continues flat to La Terrasse (200 m from the finish, there is a 200-year-old chestnut tree).
(1) When you reach the hamlet, turn left onto the tarmac road, continue for about 20 metres and, after the house with the new terrace, turn right onto the path and continue for about 20 metres. When you reach the last house (barn with a new roof and doors), turn left (do not go past the buildings and cross the remains of a dry stone wall (under the trees) (small sign: La Faye) to follow a drovers' road (passage for herds), under the cover of deciduous trees, leading to the D97. Do not cross the road. Be careful, as you will arrive at the road on a bend. Continue along it for 250 metres and turn right onto a very steep path. At the bottom of the slope, leave a path on the left and continue along this one until you reach the stream.
A few metres to the right, you will see the ruins of a mill. Cross the bridge.
(2) Immediately afterwards, turn left onto the path leading to the hamlet of Le Garret. Walk along with the Faye stream on your left, then follow the winding path uphill through deciduous trees. The path is bordered by a dry stone wall (after the conifer plantation, brambles have invaded this wall), then arrives in a wet area and leads to the hamlet. Cross it (old houses).
(3) At the top of the village, turn right and continue along the path (sometimes very muddy, keep to the left, there is logging activity and paths have been created) to arrive near the D41, on a path (about ten metres away, there is a damaged cross on the left).
(4) Take the path on the right to the ruins of the hamlet of Montolas.
(5) Pass the ruins and follow the path on the left: steep slope, stones. Cross the Montolas stream and arrive at La Bessière.
(6) At the tarmac road, turn left, walk about 20 metres, then turn right and walk along the edge of the woods. The hamlet of Cros appears on the left and, in the distance, the village of Brugeron. The path becomes very stony. Turn left and cross the Ru du Cros stream.
(7) Turn right to cross it and continue along the path to La Pommerette.
(8) At the crossroads, there is a steep tarmac ramp on the left and a dead end on the right. Continue straight ahead along the path through the grass until you reach the D102. Follow it to the right until you reach the bridge over the Ruisseau de la Faye. Continue along the road for 800 metres until you reach the Mines crossroads (5 roads).
(9) Takethe first right towards Augerolles and follow the D97 to La Noviche, 1 km away, and the car park (S/E).
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