Around Val Suzon

Exploring the Val Suzon site above Sainte-Foy.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 11.60 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 4h 00 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 228 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 230 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 512 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 334 m

Description of the walk

Park in the car park along the D7 to the south-west of Sainte-Foy.
Please note that this route partly follows the Pic Vert route

(S/E) Head south to climb up the Combe à la Mairie. You’ll reach the junction with a wide white track.

(1) Turn left at almost a 180° angle to quickly reach the Étaules wash house. Continue north-east through the forest to find an X-shaped junction of several paths.

(2) Turn right, again almost 180°, and head south, ignoring the paths to the right and left, to reach, at the edge of the woods, Roy Jeannot’s Forest House.

(3) Follow the wide white track to the road, take the road to the edge of the forest and the junction with theGR®7.

(4) Turn left onto the path at the edge of the woods, enter the woods and reach the junction with the blue-marked path.

(5) Turn left onto this path and you will very quickly reach the cliff edge.

(6) Take care here if it is raining.
Continue along the Blue trail, making a round trip to the Tire-Barbe viewpoint (Blue signposting). Walk along and round the cliff to rejoin a trail running perpendicular to it.

(7) Ignore it on the left, continue along the cliff edge, and reach the place known as Côte à la Ratte.

(8) Take the descent to reach the car park via the White Trail. Avoid the logging track, as it is a steep descent. You can take a path on the left to reach the D7 car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 336 m - Car park on the D7 with sign. Valley of the - Suzon (rivière)
  2. 1 : km 1.91 - alt. 487 m - Crossroads towards the Étaules wash house
  3. 2 : km 3.58 - alt. 479 m - Crossroads
  4. 3 : km 4.83 - alt. 501 m - Roy Jeannot Forest House
  5. 4 : km 5.78 - alt. 510 m - Junction with the GR7
  6. 5 : km 6.65 - alt. 475 m - Junction with the Blue Trail
  7. 6 : km 6.91 - alt. 479 m - Viewpoint on the cliff edge
  8. 7 : km 8.94 - alt. 497 m - Crossroads with a perpendicular path
  9. 8 : km 10.07 - alt. 477 m - Côte à la Ratte
  10. S/E : km 11.6 - alt. 334 m - Car park on the D7 with sign

Notes

The Étaules wash house can be used as a picnic spot or shelter.

Worth a visit

Explore the Étaules wash house.
Unnamed viewpoint by the cliff edge at the entrance to the Val Suzon.
Tire Barbe viewpoint overlooking the Val Suzon.

Always be cautious and plan ahead when you're outdoors. Visorando and the author of this route cannot be held responsible for any accidents occurring on this route.

The GR® and PR® markings are the intellectual property of the Fédération Française de Randonnée Pédestre.

Reviews and comments

3.9 / 5
Based on 6 reviews

Reliability of the description
3.7 / 5
Ease of following the route
4 / 5
Route interest
4 / 5
Marc21
Marc21

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 18, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

You don’t necessarily have to follow the route, as one of the marked paths is particularly overgrown
But the walk is very pleasant

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drouard
drouard

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 29, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

That’s a mistake; the path should lead onto a track that runs along the cliff at number 5.
In fact, the path doesn’t lead to the cliff, but 150m before it, you find yourself facing a wood with no path and come across a path which you take to the left, then another to the right 300m further on, to join the cliff-top path.

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Sébastien D.A.
Sébastien D.A.

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 13, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Very busy route : No

Very little interest in this walk. It hasn’t rained for ages, yet the path is littered with mud and slush for half the walk.
Two viewpoints from point 6... Perhaps we’d enjoy this walk in the summer when it’s warm? As there’s plenty of woodland and undergrowth. We might also come across herds during the summer months
In short, disappointing.

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Chabanis
Chabanis

Overall rating : 2.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 15, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

We got lost between points 4 and 5; we couldn’t find the blue-marked trail that was supposed to be there, despite using the app, and we ended up going round in circles for quite a while, unable to find the path. In the end, we turned back. We’ll try again, going the other way; maybe we’ll manage to complete the whole circular loop…

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kiki70
kiki70

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 03, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A lovely walk offering some beautiful views of the valleys around Dijon. Be careful, though, as this path is used by mountain bikers who don’t always give warning when they’re coming!!

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PowerV
PowerV

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 15, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A very pleasant walk, with no particular difficulties. The only slight downside is a 5-minute stretch along a local road.

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