Start from the stadium car park in Pajay.
(S/E) Turn left as you leave the stadium driveway, then after about 130 m, turn left onto Chemin des Marfondières, which you will leave at the next junction by continuing straight ahead. We head uphill and take the first path on the left. Upon reaching the Combe Robert junction, we continue straight on until the next junction with a signpost for “Le Parapluie”.
(1) We head towards Faramans on the right. There are hunting hides all along this section. Don’t forget to wear high-visibility vests in this forest during the hunting season, especially if you’re passing through on days when hunting is open (strongly discouraged).
We continue straight on for about 2.5 km, ignoring the side paths several times. We come to a junction of tarmac roads where, just before on the right, a hunting association’s hut allows hunters to park and gather.
(2) We take the path down to the right onto the Chemin des Communaux, which we leave by turning left onto the Chemin de la Fontaine. We continue straight on until the junction with the Chemin des Bruyères (D156F).
(3) We take the Chemin du Serclier opposite, continuing to the D73, after passing a path on the right and the junction with the Chemin de la Seytaz (no signpost).
(4) We cross the D73 with care and take the stony track opposite, leaving a tarmac track on the right.
(5) We reach the edge of the woods and enter them immediately on the right, heading south. Before entering the forest, there is a table with benches 10 metres away where you can take a break.
(6) After passing the first path on the right, we take thesecond one, which leads us to three small ponds where a short break by the water is a must. We then join the path and turn right. After about 250 metres, at the junction, we continue straight ahead.
(7) At the crossroads, we take the path on the right, heading west. We continue straight on at the first crossroads, then turn right at the next one, from where we can see the meadow we are heading towards. We walk alongside the woodland on our left and turn right to join the Chemin du Bois (no sign) which heads north, and we walk for about a hundred metres.
(8) We enter the forest at the first path on the left into the woods and leave the path that continues northwards. We continue for about 400 m and at thefirst junction, we turn right and head up towards the plain to leave the woods.
(9) We take the path opposite to cross a stretch of fields with a view of the Chartreuse mountains in the distance before arriving at a livestock farm.
(10) At the Feuges junction, we turn right and then immediately left to continue across the fields and reach a T-junction. We turn left onto the Chemin des Alpes and then take the D156A on the right to enter Pajay. We turn right onto Chemin des Goutolles to reach Route de Beaurepaire (D73), where we turn left. We cross it carefully to reach the stadium car park (S/E).