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To get to the start, take the D30 towards Col de Richemont. Park at Les Côves, at the intersection of a road on the left 1 km after Grange Benoît when coming from Valromey, and on the right when coming from Injoux-Génissiat and Col de Richemont.
(S/E) Take the unpaved uphill path, which gradually enters the woods until you reach a fork.
(1) Turn right (go through the barbed wire fence) onto the path that climbs northwards. Cross several clearings.
(2) At elevation 1134, turn right onto the path running alongside a hedge and enter the forest. Follow the path to the clearing on the ridge. Pass a path on the right and descend into the forest to reach a crossroads of four tracks (GR®®9-GTJ) at the bottom of a valley.
(3) Take the track on the left (GR®®9) and follow it uphill.
(4) Leave theGR®® which branches off to the right into a meadow, and continue straight ahead on the main path.
at thethree-way junction, turn left and follow a path through the forest until you reach a fork on the left (marked GTJ, variant) in a pine grove.
(6) Continue straight ahead along the path that crosses diagonally through the clearing at the bottom of the valley. Cross the woods to a metal gate. The path leads to a meadow.
(7) Leave the path and walk north up the meadow, following an old track that runs along the woods on your left, then follows a fence and continues north-northwest between two fences to emerge on a ridge on a path under high-voltage power lines.
(8) Cross this path and continue straight ahead in the same direction off the trail, following several clearings. Walk up a clearing on the left, skirting the woods on your left. On the ridge, there is an abandoned hut on the right at the edge of the meadow. Continue north-northwest, following the clearings on the ridge until you come to a path that climbs up to the Beauregard viewpoint.
(9) Enjoy the panoramic view of the Alps (on a clear day, you can see the Mont Blanc massif). This is the ideal spot for a snack break. Go over the ridge and cross a meadow heading west-northwest to find a trail (GR®®9) that climbs to the right to Crêt du Nu (a 45-minute round trip).
- Descend left along the trail (GR®®9) through the meadow to the Croix des Terments.
(10) Leave the trail and take a less marked path on the left (GR®®9andGRP®®), heading south and descending. Pass a path on the left and come out in Combe Danoï (pastures).
(11) At the high-voltage power line in a bend, leave the path (GRP®®) and take a track on the left that follows the bottom of the valley along the edge of some copses. The track remains in the meadow, goes around a young fir forest on the right, and becomes a path that runs along a barbed wire fence.
(12) Caution! Do not continue along this route when animals are present, both for their peace and quiet and because their behaviour can pose a real danger.
In this case, continue along the path to Golet Truffet and return to the car park via the same route you took on the way there.
Outside the grazing season, pass under the barbed wire and cross the south-facing pasture. Walk along the sinkholes (natural underground wells) and climb up the meadow from a water reservoir. Note the collapse ditches below, caused by the karstic subsoil. You will arrive at a ridge on a flat area (Pré Carré house and sinkhole).
Take the path below opposite the house. Descend via a hairpin bend into a small valley. Follow it to a crossroads at the edge of the forest.
(13) Continue to the left (GRP®®. Balcon du Valromey), heading south. Come out onto meadows and walk along them, then pass in front of old farms (Grange des Moines and Grange des Portes, then Grange de Recouza).
(14) At Grange de Recouza, take the path on the left immediately before the house. Follow this path heading east. Walk along meadows and copses and return to the crossroads you passed on the way out.
(1) Descend to the hamlet of Les Côves (S/E).
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