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Park in the car park on Boulevard du Stade in Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise.
(S/E) Leave the car park, take Boulevard du Stade on the right, follow it, turning left then right, walk alongside the cemetery, continue opposite Rue Saint-Jean which descends and slopes to the left.
(1) Take the hairpin bend to the right and follow it to a Y-junction. Take the natural path on the left, which climbs and continues along a tarmac section.
(2) Take the tarmac road on the left. Cross the D311 road and take the road opposite called Route du Bois Gerin. After the group of houses on the left, enjoy the view of Saconay Castle.
At the right-hand bend, take the natural path on the left and you will soon come to a T-junction.
(3) Turn left, follow the path through the woods, which continues as a grassy path that climbs and ends in a paved section. You will reach the hamlet of Chavannes.
(4) Cross and take thefirst road on the left which descends. At the end of the bend, take the path on the left which passes between two houses and leads to a small pond below. Continue along the road and reach the bridge which crosses the Ruisseau d'Orzon.
(5) Do not take the bridge, turn right onto the road and at the three-way junction that follows, take the left branch. Cross the hamlet of Le Périer, at the next Y-junction, turn left onto Chemin du Poirier. Pass between two farms and continue along the stony path. Stay on this path, ignoring the turnings on the right and left, and continue to the crossroads in the hamlet of Fourchet.
(6) Take the tarmac road opposite called Chemin du Fourchet and enjoy the wide views here. You will then come to theGRP® Tour des Monts du Lyonnais crossroads.
(7) In the sharp right-hand bend, leave the road and turn left onto theGRP® trail, following the red and yellow markings, to reach the Barrage de la Gimond lake.
(8) Turn left, cross the small bridge, walk along the lake under the trees and continue to the dam. Keep left on theGRP®, enter the undergrowth and keep to the right. You will come out in a meadow at a place called La Rully.
(9) Leave theGRP® here and turn right onto the path leading downhill. At Croix de l'Orme, continue straight ahead, pass a picnic area and you will come to a crossroads with an antenna.
(10) Turn left and follow the tarmac road to the crossroads leading to La Mathevonnière.
(11) Continue straight ahead after crossing this road, continue on and you will reach the small pond of the Ruisseau de la Maladrière. Shortly afterwards, after a slight climb, you will find theGRP® crossroads near a farm.
(12) Turn right, pass in front of the Château de Pluvy and continue downhill along the street called Montée de Pluvy. Turn left onto Allée de Pluvy, then cross the D2 (elevation 569) and go down the stairs opposite. Follow Rue de Chazelles to the left, which goes up to Boulevard André Marcot and leads to a roundabout.
(13) Turn left onto Rue Pierre André Catherin Anier, at the Y-junction, take the D4 on the right, then Boulevard du Stade on the right to reach the Stade car park in Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (S/E).
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