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Parking: From the village of Saint-Nicolas-des-Leat, go up the street past the church and then the town hall. At the white cross, turn left and then immediately right (stop sign). Stay on the main road, ignoring the tarmac paths on the left. Park at the large crossroads (Pierre Châtel picnic area).
(S/E) Take the small tarmac road uphill. After the chalets, it turns into a dirt track. Stay on the main path. At the T-junction, turn left.
(1) You will come out onto theGR®3A, follow it intermittently. Take theGR® to the right. At the crossroads, continue straight ahead, then take a stony path downhill on the right. At the crossroads (947m), go straight ahead. The descent, still on stones, becomes slippery with a trickle of water winding its way along the path. Turn left then immediately right and cross the Sapey (862m). When you reach a road, follow it to the right for about a hundred metres.
You will reach the first house in the hamlet.
(2) Take the path on the left (large stone). Stay on the main path and continue straight ahead on theGR®3A. At the clearing, turn right onto Chemin de Jean-Jacques (1079m) where there is a sign.
You will arrive at the Loge des Garde station.
(3) Pass the hotel-restaurant on your left. Cut across the playground and pass by the picnic area. Cross the large crossroads and the bottom of the resort. After the last ski lift, take the Sainte-Marie-des-Bois forest road (signposted).
(4) Pass the paragliding take-off area, then turn right (1119m) onto the path leading to the Druidic Stone (sign).
(5) After the rock piles, continue along the path to Calvaire de l'Assise.
(6) At the Calvary, cross the road and take a grassy, poorly maintained path that branches off to the right and follows the road (you can take the road if you prefer). At the end of the path (1016m), take the path downhill to the left, then turn left onto a less marked path downhill. At the red marker, turn left, and at the crossroads, continue straight ahead.
(7) Leave the Boitet farm (and the car wrecks...) on your left and take the road on the right. A few dozen metres further on, take the hollow, muddy path that comes out on the left. Follow it downhill. Join a larger path and follow it to the left (736m). Leave it quickly to take the path going up to the right. Continue straight ahead, staying on the main path. Take the road to the left (825 m) for about a hundred metres and, at the bend, turn right onto the path that goes straight ahead. Descend through a pretty wood with mossy stones. At the intersection, take the path on the right that descends steeply to Le Sapey.
(8) Cross the stream, continue straight ahead at the intersection and climb up to the hamlet of Périasse.
(9) Cross the hamlet via the uphill street. Turn left at the cross and follow the road to Croix Periasse. Pass to the right of the green cross and take a grassy path that runs alongside the last house. Go down the path, cross the road and continue downhill to Le Perret. The path turns left after the house and goes uphill. Continue straight ahead. You will arrive at the hamlet of La Bletterie via an old stone road.
(10) Cross the hamlet, following the road to the right. Go up to the crossroads and cross.
(11) Go up the Allée des Hêtres Tortueux. At the crossroads (wooden cross), continue straight ahead along a path bordered by a dry stone wall. At the three-way junction, turn left. At the crossroads, take the small path opposite that climbs steeply. After a right-angle turn to the left, the path leads to the foot of the Pierre Châtel rock. Climb the narrow, steep staircase on the right to reach the oratory. Descend and continue along the path to go around the rock on the left. Follow the climbing routes and, via a series of difficult steps, you will reach the northern end of the rock.
(12) A small path on the right leads to the summit. Descend by the same route and continue straight ahead. After a right-angle turn at the last rocks, the path branches off to the right, crosses a wood and leads to the picnic area, which marks the end of the walk (S/E).
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