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Park in the village square in Thoard, where you will see a sign: ‘Hiking start point’.
(S/E) Take the GRP® Grande Traversée des Préalpes, marked in red and yellow, and pass the hamlet of Pré du Riou. Then head to the junction with the Pré du Riou track.
(1) Leave the GRP® here and turn right onto this track. Continue uphill to reach the junction before the hamlet of Thoron.
(2) Continue straight ahead, passing the hamlet of Thoron. Follow this wide path to reach a Y-junction shortly after a house.
(3) Stay on the path on the right and continue uphill to reach the Loup sheepfold.
(4) Walk alongside it and turn right at the next junction. Cross the hamlet of Vachon to reach another Y-junction.
(5) Turn right downhill, following the yellow markings to reach the Col de Peipin.
(6) Leave the yellow markings here and turn right onto the path clearly marked with a cross. Join the D 3 at the hamlet of Ubac de Peipin.
(7) Cut across the road’s hairpin bends through the field and then along the mountain bike trails. Join the road again.
(8) Turn left onto it and follow it until the stop sign marking the junction with the D 17.
(9) At the stop sign, turn right onto the D 17, then cut left along the small path; rejoin this road and follow it until you reach the car park at the village square in Thoard (S/E).
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