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Start from the Place de la Mairie in Puy-Saint-Martin.
Yellow signposts
(S/E) Turn right at the corner of the town hall onto the street heading towards the centre of the village. Cross the main street and continue straight ahead onto Rue du Bourg. Ignore one street on the left and then one on the right until you reach Rue des Remparts. Follow it to the right and at the top of the hill, turn left. Continue uphill, after a few metres, ignore Rue de Bellevue and turn right onto Montée des Genêts.
Quickly find a grassy path on the left, Chemin du Bèlvédère. Follow this and after passing a well on your right, turn right then left and join the corner of the cemetery and a small road, Montée du Cimetière. Continue right and you will quickly reach the cross and its viewpoint with its orientation table.
(1) After enjoying the view, continue down Montée du Cimetière on the right, walk along the cemetery on your left, ignore a path on the left and reach a crossroads. Turn left onto Montée du Téron. At the bottom of the descent, turn left onto Chemin des Ours, ignore Chemin du Moulin d'Aure on the left and continue to the next fork.
(2) Follow Rue la Grange on the right and leave the village. Ignore a path on the left and, at the three-way junction in the middle of the plain, follow the left-hand branch. Walk alongside a house on your left and reach the next 90° right turn.
(3) Take the grassy path opposite that starts in the undergrowth. After a few metres, turn left towards a meadow, where the path becomes a trail. Go over a small dirt hump and continue along the edge of the meadow. Turn right quickly to follow a mule track through the woods, ignoring the less marked paths on either side, alternating between uphill and flat sections. You will reach a flat area with a fork in the path at a grassy area.
Off the marked trail
(4) Ignore the less marked trail that branches off to the left and choose the one that climbs slightly to the left. Follow this trail to the ridge and continue along it to the left. Walk along the Crête de Chevrière, pass the highest point and continue slightly downhill to enjoy the view to the south.
(5) Turn around and retrace your steps to the flat area and grassy zone.
Yellow markings
(4) Leave the ascent route and turn left. The trail more or less follows the summit. Leave a signpost on your left that says "no vehicles except for farm use" and reach a fork with a smaller trail.
(6) Leave the right-hand path (private property) and follow the path on the left, which continues along the ridge. You will reach the corner of a meadow. Continue straight ahead, join a track and follow it uphill for a few metres.
(7) Almost at the top of the climb, leave the track (private property) and take the grassy path on the left overlooking a forest hut. Continue until you find the start of a path on the right.
(8) Follow this path, continuing straight ahead at the next two forks and at the three-way junction. You will arrive at the edge of the woods.
(9) Enjoy the view of the village of La Répara-Auriples and the foothills of the Vercors, then continue right along the edge of the woods on the path that enters the undergrowth at the end of the field. Continue straight ahead at the next two forks and join a road (D26). Follow this road to the right, ignore the first path on the left and take the second path on the left at the start of the bend to the right of the road.
Off the marked trail
(10) Follow this path to the left, which quickly turns into a trail. Continue until you reach the foot of a wind turbine. Continue straight ahead and ignore the access road on the left. The trail quickly joins the D 6. Follow it to the right, on the right-hand side (the wider side) , taking care as this is a busy road and vehicles travel at fairly high speeds.
Reach the crossroads with a road coming from the right and locate the start of a path on the left of the D 6 that climbs up the embankment.
(11) Make a return trip by crossing the road coming from the right to reach the car park and picnic area to enjoy the view of the valley.
Yellow markings
(11) On your return, cross the D6 with extreme caution (it is coming out of a bend, so don't hesitate to do this further away) and take the path that climbs up the embankment opposite. After a steep but short climb, the path passes a small building and continues along the edge of the ridge with a gentle descent. Cross a first track that serves houses on the left, pass a viewpoint with benches and cross a second track. Continue along the edge of the ridge and join a road after crossing a small meadow. Continue to the right and join the start of a stony path on the left about 50 metres before the crossroads and the stop sign.
Off the marked trail
(12) Follow the gravel path to the woods. When you reach the edge, go around it on the left for a few metres and find the start of a path on the right, slightly hidden by vegetation.
Yellow signposts
Continue downhill through the woods. Go around a hairpin bend to the right and join a paved road. Turn left, ignore a path on the right and continue to a fork opposite a magnificent oak tree at the edge of a field. Turn left and continue for about 50 metres.
(13) At the fork with Chemin des Moulins, turn opposite it onto the grassy path that branches off to the right between the fields. This continues to the edge of the road (not visible on the IGN map) after climbing the steep embankment. Once at the top, continue left downhill on the stony path and join the road (D107).
Continue right, cross the roundabout and continue towards the village of Puy-Saint-Martin. Enter the Parc Adèle Clément and find the car park after crossing the park (S/E).
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