Boucle de Dionay depuis Saint Antoine l'Abbaye

Une boucle qui permet de rejoindre Dionay par la Combe de l'Enfer, la voie du tram et le retour par Saint-Jean de Fromental. Une belle ballade en famille pour découvrir la nature et le patrimoine.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 10.34 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 40 
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    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 262 m
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    Descent: - 259 m

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    Highest point: 510 m
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    Lowest point: 351 m

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Description of the walk

Park in the car park at the bottom of the village of Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye.

(S/E) With your back to the car park, turn left, cross the D27, head towards the gatehouse (town hall) up Chemin des Buttes and take Grande Rue on the left. Join the Sentier du Flaneur crossroads, which starts on the right, between a bridge and the last house in the village.

(1) Continue straight ahead and turn right onto Route de Lyon. At thesecond three-way junction, leave this road and turn left onto Route de Bayet. After 100 metres, you will come to a crossroads with a grassy path.

(2) Turn left onto it and follow the path as it continues. Enter the Combe de l'Enfer, following the left bank of the Muzellin stream. At the confluence of the streams, continue along the right bank of the Seyssel stream to reach the hamlet of Abraham. You will come to a fork in the road after the hamlet.

(3) Continue straight ahead, heading north, on Chemin d'Abraham until you reach the D27.

(4) Turn right and follow the road downhill. Ignore the D27a on the left towards Dionnay and continue for 50 metres.

(5) Turn left onto Chemin du Pont de Fer, which recalls the old tram viaduct that once spanned the Furand.

(6) At the next fork, turn 90° left. Follow the old tramway to Dionay. Turn left at the road opposite the cemetery, then right towards the church.

(7) At the three-way junction after the church, turn right onto Chemin de la Gare, which descends, and continue to a place called Cul de Perrette (castle mound).

(8) Turn right downhill towards the Saint-Jean le Fromental Chapel surrounded by its cemetery. Continue uphill until you reach a fork.

(9) Turn left onto Route de la Bâtie et de la Rivoire and continue past Barreton until you reach a fork with a cross.

(10) Turn right, pass Enclos, then return to the overlook above the abbey and admire the view. Head towards the football stadium.

(11) Keep to the right to follow the Sentier du Flâneur. Pass under the cemetery near a stream and return to the crossroads you passed on the way there.

(1) Cross the Grand Rue and take the road almost opposite, under the house at the cartwheel.
Turn left into the suburb, cross a small bridge and take Rue de l'Hôpital. Turn right into Rue des Moulins, then left and right, passing in front of the market hall. Cross Rue Hector Garaud, turn left and then right at the fountain to reach Rue des Terreaux. Follow it to the left until you reach the car park where you started (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 351 m - Car park at the bottom of the village
  2. 1 : km 0.54 - alt. 367 m - Crossroads of the loop
  3. 2 : km 0.98 - alt. 384 m - Fork in the road towards Combe de l'Enfer
  4. 3 : km 2.54 - alt. 445 m - Abraham's Path
  5. 4 : km 3.17 - alt. 483 m - Junction D27
  6. 5 : km 3.56 - alt. 457 m - Chemin du Pont de Fer
  7. 6 : km 3.79 - alt. 431 m - the Tram Route
  8. 7 : km 5.27 - alt. 490 m - Dionay
  9. 8 : km 6.48 - alt. 510 m - Cul de Perrette
  10. 9 : km 7.56 - alt. 484 m - Fork in the road
  11. 10 : km 8.76 - alt. 438 m - Fork with a cross
  12. 11 : km 9.45 - alt. 391 m - Stadium
  13. S/E : km 10.33 - alt. 351 m - Car park at the bottom of the village

Notes

Worth a visit

Reviews and comments

4.6 / 5
Based on 18 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.4 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.7 / 5
Route interest
4.7 / 5
SandEtChris
SandEtChris

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 07, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful hike, partly in the forest and partly in open countryside, with superb views
Please note that you need to add a loop to reach the tramway tunnel. Just after Dionay, turn left as indicated by the signs. After a loop through the tramway tunnel, the town of Or-Grand-Grange, the Rodon chapel and La Blache, you will rejoin the Cul de Perrette hiking trail

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Vero55
Vero55

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 16, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant little loop, although there is a lot of tarmac. At the highest point, there is a view of the Vercors, which was unfortunately shrouded in mist or smoke from Canada 😉
Beautiful chapel of St Jean de Fromental and its very pretty old cemetery....

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User 7200694
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Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 26, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

This walk is very pleasant, away from roads, on well-maintained and signposted paths.
A loop with beautiful views of the surrounding countryside, in complete tranquillity with lots of flowers and birdsong
A real pleasure!

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chrisden
chrisden

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 30, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful "loop" on the outskirts of St Antoine L'Abbaye. The start is well cleared, peaceful and with unobstructed views.
Worth doing again, highly recommended, thank you.

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jbat
jbat

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 17, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A beautiful hike (with excellent maps) in autumn, enjoying plenty of sunshine throughout the day and a magnificent sunset.
No particular difficulty (families welcome) with a mix of historical points of interest (10th-century chapel, tramway, etc.), and the opportunity to gather the last walnuts on the ground as you pass through the many walnut plantations (bring a bag, as the weight adds up quickly )

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papou26200
papou26200

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 01, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk offering beautiful and varied scenery. Between points 2 and 3, brush clearing is underway, but the tractor doing the work is stuck on the path. Thank you for this hiking suggestion, which ended pleasantly with a visit to the site and its free museums. Thank you also to CD 38 for providing free access to culture!

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CP38260
CP38260

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 16, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant, peaceful walk, but there is nothing to see for the first 4 kilometres. These first few kilometres are not very well maintained and there are lots of brambles. However, the rest of the walk is on wide paths with beautiful views.

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delay jean louis
delay jean louis

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 27, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Lovely walk in the sunshine

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lemarcheur65
lemarcheur65 ★

Hello Neiness
Thank you for your comment and your remarks.
The author has modified his hike and...
Unless I am mistaken, based on the OSM and IGN maps: at wp4, take the D14 to the left to Col de la Madeleine and to the right towards St-Antoine l'Abbaye.
Resumption of the description from wp4 to wp5.

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Neiness
Neiness

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : May 28, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A few points that could be improved: there is no point 6 in the description, and for point 4, "ignore the D27A", it would be good to add "towards Dionnay"

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ANMATROM
ANMATROM

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 11, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A varied route through landscapes and hamlets, with ascents and descents.
No problem with the route described.
Don't forget the village of St Antoine l'Abbaye, which is well worth a visit.
AS

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Tonio74
Tonio74

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 12, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A short, easy and pleasant walk. A section through the forest on a poorly maintained path overgrown with brambles, but not too long.

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alain112
alain112

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : May 29, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Very nice hike with plenty of shade, but a difficult section on a forest path with lots of mud.

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leodis
leodis

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 27, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful walk, partly on tarmac roads and partly on grassy paths.
Magnificent views of the Vercors.
Very well-written description

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couix Françoise
couix Françoise

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 08, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

for our group, too much driving is becoming tedious

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