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(S) Park in the car park at the entrance to the Corrençon Golf Course.
Head south on theGR®91(two lines: white above, red below) towards the Hauts Plateaux, until you reach a large crossroads.
(1) Follow theGR®91south-southwest towards the Champ de la Bataille and the 45th parallel.
Leave the biathlon training centre on your right and enter under the trees.
The wide path narrows and ends at the intersection with the 45th parallel (the monument is actually 100 m further down).
(2) Stay south on theGR®91to reach Porte Barnier, where signs for GTV begin to appear.
(3) Continue along theGR® and you will easily reach the Cabane Carrette.
(4) To reach the Refuge de Carette, take a detour to the left to reach the promontory at the foot of the mountain that supports it.
Rejoin theGR®91and turn sharply west, where the path becomes rough. Pass close to the Fontaine de Carette and continue along the almost horizontal path to the Darbounouse meadow.
(5) Continue across the meadow towards the west to overlook the plain and see the sheepfold. Directly west, you will see the forest path crossing the plain from north to south. Do not take it; you will find it later.
(6) Return to the previous crossroads.
(5) Take the path to the north on the left, leaving theGR®91on the opposite side, until you reach a signpost at a place called La Cote 1330m.
(7) Continue north to reach La Coinchette. The route is difficult to see but can be found; check your GPS. At the end of the climb, you will reach a wide forest path.
(8) Take it to the right towards the northeast and climb north again through the Coinchette meadow. The tree markings are finally visible, consisting of a green line topped by a yellow line. Join a new forest track that is not marked on the map.
(9) Turn left, heading north. At the top of the Coinchette hill (1,360 m), you will reach another trail junction.
(10) Continue left towards Corrençon (1 hour 20 minutes) and Les Auberges (30 minutes), following the signs. Pass Baraque Guillet and head north to the Auberges crossroads.
(11) Turn right towards the east in the direction of Corrençon, keep right at the next crossroads to return to La Fleur du Roy, a five-way crossroads.
(12) Take the right-hand track and ignore all the paths on the right and left of this track until you reach the Clariant crossroads.
(13) Here you have two options:
- either turn right, pass the inn and rejoin theGR®91 trailyou took on the way there, then turn left to return to the car park (S/E) via the same route you took on the way there,
- or continue straight ahead, walk west along the biathlon stadium and return to the original crossroads.
(1) Turn left onto theGR®91and follow it to the car park (S/E).
Hike done for the second time, under beautiful sunshine and very warm for this time of year. Far too many people on this route at point 3, so we decided to take the alternative route that goes through the cave on this shortcut. We put on our crampons for the entire route, as there was ice from start to finish and no snow. Otherwise, no problems
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