Circular route starting from Duerne and passing through Saint-Martin-en-Haut

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This circular route alternates between easy and more challenging paths, a few forest trails and quiet minor roads.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 9.71 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 25 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate
  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 235 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 230 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 904 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 664 m
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Description of the walk

When you arrive in Duerne, park in the car park at the bottom of the village, near the Saint-Martin-en-Haut and Yzeron crossroads.

(S/E) Walk up through the village to the Aveize/Sainte-Foy-l'Argentière/La Chapelle sur Coise junction.
Follow the signs for La Chapelle-sur-Coise and, immediately after, turn right onto Montée de Fourvière, then continue along the dirt track that extends from it. Stay on this track, ignoring the two paths on the left and the four on the right, until you reach the crossroads.

(1) Turn left downhill towards Chemin de Fargère, ignoring the road on the right.

(2) At the fork, turn right onto Chemin de Fargère, heading towards Chemin du Terron, which continues on from there. Pass the houses and continue downhill until you reach the crossroads.

(3) Leave the tarmac road and turn left, following the edge of the forest at first, then entering it, still following this path which continues in the open towards Chemin du Layat du Haut.

(4) At the bottom of this path, turn right onto Route de la Chapelle, then take thesecond left onto Chemin du Puits and continue to the next fork.

(5) Ignore Chemin du Picotin on the left and take Chemin des Bessies on the left a few metres further on. Continue until you reach a sharp right-hand bend.

(6) At this point, leave the tarmac road and take the path towards Le Birieux (signposted). At Le Birieux, keep left.

(7) After the hamlet, go down the path towards the forest, ignoring the path on the left and the path on the right in the forest. Go up the open section towards Chemin d'Ardaison. Take the tarmac road again until you reach the crossroads.

(8) Turn left towards La Prat and Chemin de Clavagny. Almost at the end of this road and before the last house, turn right to go up towards Duerne.

(9) On Route de Saint-Martin, keep left and immediately leave this road, heading down towards Chemin du Pontel. Cross the housing estates and head back up via Impasse de la Caserne. On Route de Bordeaux, turn right towards the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 790 m - Car park at the bottom of the village
  2. 1 : km 2.28 - alt. 901 m - Crossroads
  3. 2 : km 2.51 - alt. 870 m - Fargère
  4. 3 : km 3.63 - alt. 847 m - Trail start
  5. 4 : km 4.41 - alt. 796 m - Le Layat
  6. 5 : km 4.67 - alt. 781 m - Crossroads - Cross
  7. 6 : km 5.6 - alt. 774 m - Les Bessies
  8. 7 : km 6.21 - alt. 718 m - Intersection
  9. 8 : km 7.57 - alt. 696 m - Laprat
  10. 9 : km 9.02 - alt. 768 m - Route D34
  11. S/E : km 9.71 - alt. 790 m - Car park at the bottom of the village

Notes

In Duerne, at the crossroads at the start of the route, there is a fountain where you can fill your water bottle.
Good shoes and you're all set!

Reviews and comments

4.7 / 5
Based on 6 reviews
Reliability of the description
4.8 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.8 / 5
Route interest
4.3 / 5
Patatras
Patatras

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 11, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Lots of tarmac, fortunately usually hidden by snow, sometimes black ice.
Beautiful sky and beautiful light.
And what scenery.

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Didier Brut
Didier Brut

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 24, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

By following the GPX track, there were no problems with the route.
Lovely hike.

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bader
bader

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 30, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Pleasant hike, beautiful landscapes, splendid farms, easy to do.

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annie.dumay
annie.dumay

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

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

Very pleasant. Good directions, no difficulties.

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larsen Detdl
larsen Detdl

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 16, 2022
Reliability of the description : Not used / Not applicable
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

A bright walk, mostly in the open... A beautiful rural setting. Okay, it's not the most glamorous route in the area, but there is a way to avoid these long stretches of small roads (admittedly without cars), particularly from Layat, by heading towards Roche Samson through some beautiful moorland and returning to Bessies... Always wide paths, I would classify this route as a "chat route" (walking three abreast while chatting) Note: the 10 km pass easily on a gravel bike, note: reliable GPX file for tracking.
Thanks to the author.

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liliane.clarens
liliane.clarens
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Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 07, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Departure from a village full of flowers, followed by a hilly, breezy route with panoramic views of various mountains, including the Pilat Massif.
Numerous small villages and hamlets, a few stretches through forests with oak and chestnut trees, market gardens, fruit trees, farms and numerous cows in the meadows.
Thanks to the author for this varied country walk.
PS: At No. 2, turn right before the farm; the signs for Fargère and Terron are about 300 metres further on.

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