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The start is at the large car park at Les Dappes.
(S/E) Enter the pasture and head left. Pass under the small ski lift and follow the signposts to an intersection where the path splits.
(1) Turn right and head up the slope, which gradually becomes steeper. Follow the multiple tracks on the ground, making sure to keep going in the same direction, until you reach the road leading to the farm and cross it.
(2) Turn right, heading south-southwest on the most visible trail.
(3) Turn left at the edge of the woods and begin a steeper climb. On the flat section, look for the fork in the path.
(4) Take the right-hand track and climb up to join a path coming from Col de Porte. Continue to the right and reach the summit of La Dôle.
(5) Enjoy the site and the view and rest your legs before starting the descent. After the orientation table, walk past the dome buildings and then the weather station and take the path that runs along the dry stone wall in a south-westerly direction. You will reach a fork on the ridge (elevation 1625).
(6) Turn left, descend into a pretty little valley and continue along this uneven but clearly visible path. After crossing a more wooded area, you will come out below the scree slopes coming down from the summit. Go around the cistern and you will come to a less visible crossroads.
(7) Continue straight ahead into the pasture, leaving the Chalet de la Dôle on your right. Shortly afterwards, you will reach another intersection (elevation 1423).
(8) Turn right onto the steep slope towards the Chalet des Apprentis. Reach the summit and a crossroads (elevation 1463).
(9) Continue straight ahead, passing below the Chalet des Apprentis. Descend into the valley and continue until you reach the road leading to the Vuarne farm.
(10) Turn right onto the tarmac road and reach the entrance to the forest (elevation 1259).
(11) Take the path on the left that descends and then crosses the previous road. Continue straight ahead towards a chalet and picnic tables. You will reach the entrance to the hamlet of Saint-Cergue.
(12) At the junction between the chairlift and Vuarne roads, turn left. Once you have come out of a left-hand bend, take a path that branches off to the right into the meadows and enters a pasture: the footpath is located on the far left behind some large trees. Continue along this path to reach the hamlet of Couvaloup de Saint-Cergue. Go down the small road (Chemin des Polonais) and negotiate the right-hand bend.
(13) Before reaching the crossroads, take a barely visible path on the left and descend into the valley. Stay on the most marked path and, at the lowest point, turn right. Continue until you reach a small road.
(14) Cross it and continue straight ahead across the fields until you reach a junction near the main road.
(15) Continue straight ahead and then turn left shortly afterwards. Leave the farm access road on your left and continue until the path splits in two.
(16) Keep left and continue straight ahead to return to the first intersection at the start.
(1) Continue straight ahead to return to the car park (S/E).
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