Circular Feissons starting from Feissons-sur-Isère Castle

Park in the car park at Feissons-sur-Isère Castle.

(S/E) Follow the road down a short slope to reach the forest path.

(1) Enter the forest at a place called Les Côtes. Continue along the shaded path. Pass under the power lines and reach the hamlet of Le Chagniet.

(2) Keep to the left on the path and, after a few hairpin bends through a forest of hundred-year-old beech trees, reach the hamlet of Grand Glaize.

(3) Continue along a well-cleared path to reach the Tillet hut.

(4) Carry on to reach the locality known as Sur le Tillet.

(5) Turn left and, as you descend, you’ll reach the junction with the path leading up to Feissons Castle.

(6) Leave this path on your left and carry on straight ahead, passing under a penstock before reaching the hamlet of Planchamp.

(7) Go round the hamlet and turn left onto the narrow path to join the track. Walk alongside the hamlet of Le Mont. Then continue along the forest path towards Feissons Castle. Walk along the road for the last few metres to reach the castle car park (S/E).

Access by road:
- From Moutiers, follow the N 90 towards the D 990 at Feissons-sur-Isère. Take exit 36 and leave the N 90. Drive through the centre of the village of Feissons-sur-Isère. After passing the town hall (on the left), take the^first right and continue along the road to the castle.
- From Albertville, follow the N 90 towards the D 990 at Feissons-sur-Isère. Take exit 36 and continue on the D 990 to the right. Take the^first left and enter the village. At the end of the street, turn left, then, at the next junction, take the road on the right and continue to the castle.

(1) An engraved stone stands by the side of the path; the engraving was made on 22 June 1815 by Austrians.
(3) A viewpoint offering a view over the Grande Maison valley.
Between (5) and (6), at the penstock, take in the unobstructed view of the foothills of the Lauzière Massif,
Canyoning school in La Léchère