Montpont-en-Bresse Forest Route

Start at Les Prés de la Vavre. Free car park available. A large sign shows the three ‘Balades Vertes’ routes in the commune of Montpont-en-Bresse.

(S/E) Keep the lake on your right and take the path that goes round all the buildings of a Bresse farm.

(1) Continue along the path on the right until you reach the Route de Lhomont.

(2) Turn left onto this road and follow it for 400 metres.

(3) Take the stony track on the right, pass a pond (on your right) and go through the woods. Join the Impasse des Rippes Loisy and carry on until you reach the Route de la Chapelle-Thècle (D39).

(4) Turn left onto this road (D39) and carry on until you reach the^second road on the left, just before the woods. Turn onto this road, Impasse des Vendanges, and continue along the path that leads off it until you reach the next tarmac road, Route de Lhomont.

(5) Turn right and continue along the tarmac road to Lhomont. Pass in front of the Moulin de Lhomont.

(6) Carry on to the right along the same road and turn left onto Impasse de Lhomont. The path continues, first through cultivated fields and then through the Lhomont Forest.

(7) After about 1 km, in the woods, turn slightly left onto La Craffe, then left again onto the dirt track known as La Craffe.

(8) Turn right onto Route de la Craffe, just after an old Bresse-style farmhouse. Pass a pond on your right and continue until you reach Route de Rachessiat.

(9) Turn left onto this road, then, after 50 metres, take the^first track on the right, which leads you across the meadows to the Chemin de Denizet and then to the Route de Romenay (D12). Cross this road (D12) with care and continue straight ahead to the hamlet of La Platière, where you will find a large farm.

(10) Turn left after passing the farm and the Route de Denizet, then take the^first track on the right which goes round a private pond. Continue to the Route des Rigaudières.

(11) Turn left onto this road and carry on for 700 m.

(12) Turn onto the track on the left and carry on to the Route des Peuples.

(13) Turn right, then take the^first left a few metres further on. Continue along Route de Denizet towards Les Quatre Huteaux.

(14) At Les Quatre Huteaux, cross the Route de Romenay (D12) with care and continue along the Impasse de Reurre, then onto the dirt track that follows on from it. You’ll pass over the Sâne Vive and continue on to La Vavre.

(1) Head downhill to the right towards the Prés de la Vavre and the lake (S/E).

Trainers or light walking shoes are sufficient. The trail is signposted with directional signs (MEB3) and yellow arrow markings.
Free car park available at the start. Toilets and picnic tables available. Fitness trail.

You can enjoy some family time around the lake. Fishing is also permitted with a day permit.