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Depart from Montaud, which can be reached from Veurey-Voroise or Saint-Quentin-sur-Isère, depending on where you are coming from. Park near the Salle des Fêtes (and crèche) on the D218 in Les Ramées.
(S/E) At the bottom of the car park, take the Route de la Combe and turn left at the first crossroads in Les Ramées. After 250 m, take the path on the left, heading north, which leads to the Route des Étroits after a short descent.
Take this road to the right and, at the top of the houses, turn left at Le Fayard and continue to the start of an unpaved road.
(1) Climb the beginning of this gravel road, passing under the high-voltage power lines. Climb up an old forest path on the right, which joins the gravel road at Le Curty further up.
(2) Leave the path marked by Beugnet on your right and continue straight ahead to the north. After 200 metres, turn right onto a more pleasant forest path. The path climbs through the forest to the north-east before turning north to cross level ground, then descends about 20 metres to reach the right path, climbing from Saint-Quentin via Les Maîtres.
(3) Descend this path on the left. After a right-hand bend, at the next left-hand bend, take a path starting level on the right (old red arrow and yellow and green cross markings). It quickly disappears, but continue straight ahead in the forest off the path until you come to a deep fault line crossing the sharp limestone pavement.
Avoid trying to climb over it, but go around it on the right to find a wedged rock forming a bridge and cross it. Head northeast towards the edge of the nearby cliff and reach a clear spur overlooking the cliffs.
Return along the cliffs, cross the fault via another bridge (stuck rock) and follow a vague path on the left that climbs up the cliff a few metres away from it. This path gradually brings you back to the marked trail where it is closest to the cliff.
Alternative: those who wish to avoid this off-trail circular to visit Rocher de la Fesse should turn right onto the marked path.
(4) Take this path eastwards. After some climbs, then flat sections and a few bends, leaving a path on the right, you will reach the "Sous la Dent" crossroads.
(5) Take the path on the left, which climbs moderately to the Dent de Moirans and its aerial projection.
(6) Return to the "Sous la Dent" crossroads.
(5) Turn left to descend first eastwards then southwards, passing close to the Cabane de la Renardière and, at the next junction, bear left to descend to the Roche orientation table.
(7) Return to the downhill path (or join it through the woods to the south-west as shown on the map) and continue downhill through the forest, then along the clearings.
(8) At the junction at 869 m, leave the path via Beugnet to the right and turn left. Take the path towards La Combe. Continue straight on towards the south-west, ignoring the other paths. After passing under some high-voltage power lines, the path joins the first houses in La Combe and then the Route des Étroits.
(9) Continue straight ahead on the pleasant Chemin des Crêtes. After a left-hand bend and before reaching Côte Maillet, turn right onto the path leading down to the road.
(10) Just before the Le Vallon housing estate, turn right onto a level grassy path that runs alongside it and leads to Berchillonne, then to the Route des Ramées. Follow it down to the car park (S/E).
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