Circular route from Col de Merdassier to Comburce

(S/E) From the Col du Merdassier car park, head to the La Vieille Ferme restaurant (Crêt Moret / Grand Chamois ski lift departure point).

(1) Go round the La Vieille Ferme restaurant. Leave the fairly wide track and take a narrow path on the left (Trail KV route). The descent is quite steep, narrow and quite stony (trekking poles recommended), with numerous sections through the undergrowth. Reach the Comburce car park.

(2) From the car park, take the track which very quickly turns into a tarmac road. Walk along the road. Pass Comburce, then Les Plans de Comburce. (very quiet road) staying on the same road.

(3) At a bend, just before crossing a small bridge over a stream, leave the road and take the path that climbs alongside the stream, then leave it by turning off to the north-west.

(4) Pass two chalets. The climb here is very steep. Reach a tarmac road and follow it for a very short distance, then leave it by taking the path on the right. Head back up into the forest following the signs: “Trail 20, hiking trail No. 28, Col Croix Fry”. The climb is sheltered by the forest and relatively steep.

(5) At the junction with the wide track, turn right and rejoin the outbound route near the restaurant La Vieille Ferme.

(1) Turn left and, following the reverse route of the outward journey, head back to the Col Merdassier car park (S/E).

There is a fountain at (5).