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Head to the village of Malleval and park in the car park below the post office and school. The hike starts from this point.
(S/E) As you leave the car park, turn right to cross the bridge over the river, then walk through the village along the main street (Route du Bourg). Pass the small square where the Town Hall and a restaurant (Le péché du Pilat) are located. A little further on, take the first street leading downhill to the left (Rue des Fabriques). Then, after about sixty metres, turn left into a very narrow alleyway, almost going in the opposite direction as it heads downhill. Follow the path downhill to reach the bottom of the valley and a bridge spanning the river.
(1) Here you will find the bridge over the river and a hiking signpost. Follow the sign for Saut de Lorette. Follow the path to the bottom of the waterfall. Please note that this path is steep. Once you have admired the waterfall, retrace your steps to return to the small bridge.
(1) When you reach the bridge, cross it and turn right. Follow the path uphill between the houses to leave the village. At the Fork in the road after the last house, take the path on the left and continue along this uphill path. At the next junction, keep left, continuing uphill. Continue straight on until you reach the houses of the hamlet of Natuel and carry on straight ahead. You will come to a road where you must turn right (there is a cross here). Walk about twenty metres along the road.
(2) At the signpost, leave the road and take thesecond path on the left. Walk straight through the hamlet of Martel and then across a small road.
(3) Take a short detour to the right to see the Sainte-Claude Chapel.
(3) Continue along the main track. You’ll come to a road where you should turn left; this road soon ends and becomes a dirt track. Continue straight ahead, ignoring a track coming from the left, until you reach a crossroads.
(4) Continue straight on (north-west). You will reach a junction (signpost).
(5) Go straight on, then ignore a path branching off to the left.
(6) Cross a road and continue straight ahead (Routes des Serves). Keep going straight on at the various path junctions on the right until you reach the crossroads
(7) At the junction, turn left. At the next junction (cross), turn left again (Route de la Tronchia). Walk through the hamlet of La Tronchia on the tarmac road. At the next junction, turn right, ignoring the road branching off to the left (Route du Montalivet). You will come to another junction; turn right. Walk for 20 m.
(8) Take thefirst path on the left, the Chemin du Lac. Go uphill until you reach a road. Cross it (carefully as it is busy) and continue straight ahead to cross a small park-like area. Join a road and follow it to the left towards the hamlet of Le Pont Jacquet.
(9) Cross the hamlet, turning right (Rue du Molina) to reach a dirt track opposite, running alongside a stream (Ruisseau du Moulina). Follow the stream on your right. Cross the stream via a bridge and continue straight ahead uphill. Reach the hamlet of Le Briat and turn left.
User comment on 31 July 2025.
In the hamlet of Pont Jacquet, the path along the Ruisseau du Moulina is closed to pedestrians and cyclists by municipal order due to landslides following a major flood.
=> Continue straight on along Route du Pont Jacquet and join Rue du Briat. Follow it to the right. Then turn left onto Place du Tissage and continue along the original route.
(10) Turn left, cross the hamlet and cross the stream. Then turn right onto Place du Tissage. Continue straight on to reach a dirt track (Impasse de la Gacogne). Follow the path until you reach a tarmac road; at the end of this, turn right. Walk for about 50 metres along this road, then leave it and turn left (Impasse Près Vernet). Continue straight on along a dirt track until you reach a tarmac section, then an intersection where you must turn left to reach Roisey church.
(11) Cross through Roisey, continuing straight ahead. Pass in front of the village church. Continue straight on along Rue du Pilat, which curves to the left. Continue along this road (towards Véranne), ignoring the roads branching off to the right and left. At a wide hairpin bend, you can, if you wish, take a short detour by turning right to the Rambeau Chapel.
(12) After visiting the chapel, return by the same route. In the middle of the hairpin bend, on the left-hand side, take a road leading downhill (Route de Couroulle). After about 150 m, leave the road and take a dirt track on the left that leads downhill. The track joins another track where you should turn left. Continue along this track, keeping to the left at the Fork in the road and carrying straight on.
Ignore a path branching off to the right, then at the next Fork in the road turn right to reach a tarmac section. On this tarmac section, turn left at the Fork in the road. Continue until you reach another road, where you should turn right (Route de l’Aucize). You will come to a roundabout; cross it and head straight ahead. Then, 20 metres after the roundabout, take the first road on the right (Route de la Pomme).
Continue along this road for about 250 m, then leave it and take a dirt track on the left. Follow this track until you reach the hamlet of Touchebœuf.
(13) Walk straight through the hamlet, taking a very narrow alleyway between two houses that is barely wide enough for one person. After this narrow passage, take the downhill dirt track on the left. Continue along this track until you reach a junction with the GR®65, where you should turn left. Continue along the GR® to the village of Bessey. The dirt track ends and you must continue to the right along the tarmac road towards the village centre
(14) Walk through the village of Bessey following the GR® markings. Pass through Rue de l’Alambic. Continue straight on along a dirt track. Ignore a path branching off to the left. When you reach a road, turn left. Pass a hiking signpost. After about a hundred metres, leave this road and the GR® for a dirt track on the right. Continue along this track, keeping to the left at the next junction. Continue down this path to the bottom of the valley. You’ll come to a small wooden bridge over the Ruisseau l’Épervier, which you must cross to continue on the other bank. Wind your way along this path, keeping to the right alongside the stream at the junction ahead.
(15) You will come to another small wooden bridge, which you must cross to continue on the other bank. Follow the path, which gradually rises above the stream. Ignore a path that branches off almost in the opposite direction and continue straight ahead. You will reach a tarmac section and the first houses of Malleval.
You’ll reach a junction with another road at a wide hairpin bend. Turn left at this hairpin towards the village. After about sixty metres on this road, leave it where there’s a hiking signpost for a dirt track on the left.
Continue down the dirt track until you reach the bottom of the valley and a small bridge spanning the stream. Cross the bridge and continue straight ahead between the houses. Keep to the right on this path to reach the tarmac road. Take this road to the right. After walking about twenty metres along this road, turn right to reach the car park and the starting point of the walk (S/E).
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