Circular route in the Moloy National Forest starting from L'Abergement.

Head to Moloy and, on leaving the village, heading towards Lamargelle, take Rue de l’Abergement on the right. In the hamlet, park on the grass verge near the Abergement farm.

(S/E) With your back to the farm, turn left, reach a road, follow it to the right, and cross the bridge over the Ignon.

(1) Continue straight on along Chemin des Cimeraux until you reach a Y-junction with a barrier on the left-hand path.

(2) Take the Route Forestière de Bellefontaine on the left and go through the barrier. After about 800 m, you will see a small wooden bridge on the right leading to a protected and monitored path (Combe de Bellefontaine Biological Reserve).

(3) Cross the small wooden bridge and follow the path. It is here, as you walk along the fences, that you can admire the wild orchids, the lady’s slippers, from mid-May to early June. These orchids are protected and monitored. Return to the forest road.

(4) At the end of the route. Take the Bellefontaine Forest Road on the right to head back up along the Combe Fagotet. The forest road climbs gently to an altitude of 489, 150 m before the D996.

(5) Leave the forest road andturn left onto a straight dirt track leading to the Sommière des Trois Séries.

(6) Turn left and, at the end of the track on the right, you’ll see a hunting lodge.

(7) Continue for another 100 m along the track, taking the left-hand bend.

(8) Leave the Vermelaine ridge path andtake a track on the right leading to the Combe de Vermelaine. At the exit of the Combe de Vermelaine, you’ll reach a crossroads of trackable paths at an altitude of 341 metres.

(9)Turn left onto the ascending track and follow it to L’Abergement. You reach the hamlet via the Chemin des Essanons.

(1) At the junction with the Chemin des Cimeraux, turn right,cross the bridge over the Ignon, and head for the car park near the Abergement farm (S/E).