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Message from a hiker ==> Since 17/04/23, the path is closed after (6) (path on the left) and (7): a quarry has just been opened by VICAT, so there are lorries, diggers, etc. There is a barrier with signs prohibiting access!
Park in the car park near the oven and wash house in the hamlet of Faverges.
(S/E) Walk up the street towards the south-east. At the end of Rue de Penelon, you will come to a T-junction with two tarmac roads. Turn left and walk for about 100 metres, passing alongside the houses. You will reach the last house at the waste collection point, at the junction of the road and the path.
(1) Turn left and walk up the beautiful carriage road under the trees and continue straight ahead, following the direction of Chogne. Pass close to the D14a, cross a road and reach a new crossroads near a small pond.
(2) Head opposite along the path marked with a yellow rectangle, leaving the pond on your right. At the Y-junction about 200 metres away, turn right onto the tarmac road. Walk alongside the houses below on your right, staying on the path, and continue for about 200 metres into a wood.
(3) When you leave the woods, less than 100 metres away, turn left onto the ViaRhona (shared cycle path). At the next junction between the ViaRhona and a path coming in from the left, stay on the ViaRhona and turn right until you reach the junction with a local road.
(4) Turn left to stay on the ViaRhona, which is now shared with cars (very little traffic). You will come to another junction.
(5) Continue to the right, still on the ViaRhona, and stay on the tarmac road. At the T-junction between two tarmac roads, turn right, stay on the ViaRhona, and arrive at an industrial facility (overhead crane coming from the nearby quarry), passing under the overhead crane.
(6) After the overhead crane, take the path opposite that climbs uphill, leaving the quarry on your left until you reach the end of the fence. At the crossroads at the corner of the fence, turn 90° to the left (leaving the fence on your left) and continue uphill. Stay on the path to reach the Étang de Barral.
(7) Here, you have the option of taking a path on the left to go to the Étang de la Fulye, then retracing your steps. Take the path on the left, quickly reach the crossroads with the tarmac road, turn left to enter Mépieu.
(8) Take the D16 on the left, continue straight ahead, walk along the Grand Étang and arrive under the high-voltage line.
(9) Follow the educational trail to the junction with the Faverges road, where you will find a fountain and a bread oven.
(10) Turn right and continue for about 300 metres to the starting point (S/E).
Thank you for sharing! I have fond memories of my stay in the Land of Colours 😊!
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