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Park in the Montgesoye cemetery car park.
(S/E) Walk down a few metres to take the path below that heads south-east towards Chambournan and reach the gate to the donkey pasture.
(1) Make sure to close the gate behind you and climb straight up the slightly steep slope for about 500 m. The terrain has been altered to allow for a water pipe.
(2) At the crossroads at the top of this climb, turn right onto the level path, followed by the track that crosses the woods and emerges 300 m further south into fallow meadows. Follow this small, level path running along the edge of these sloping meadows for about 500 m. You will then arrive in a small wood at a crossroads where one path leads uphill and the other downhill, at a place called La Chenoz.
(3) Continue straight ahead on the level path which, 100 m further on, begins a short but steep climb through the woods before levelling out again. You will return to the sloping pastures and the lovely path running along the ridge above the valley.
For a further 600 m, you’ll look down on Vuillafans and its hillside of old vineyards, with numerous retaining walls marking the formerly cultivated land.
(4) Gradually leave the meadows behind to reach a good, gently sloping path that climbs through the woods until it reaches the plateau and the village of Échevannes.
(5) In the village, turn briefly right then immediately left onto the road to Champs Troptard and Suchaux for about 600 m. Pass the sports ground then the farm.
(6) 100 m past the tennis courts, enter the meadow on the right opposite a small car park and head due south towards the reservoir and then the paragliding launch site. Continue straight ahead due south along a path through the bushes until you emerge into a gently sloping meadow, which you will follow all the way down to a path.
(7) Leave the path on your left and take the forest track briefly straight ahead, then immediately to the right into the pine woodland. It starts as a good, straight, level path before becoming a steeply descending track 500 m further on. At the crossroads, take the track on the right which, after 1000 m of a good, level path through the forest, leads back to the road climbing up to Échevannes.
(8) Just before the road, take a lovely hillside path up to the right which climbs gently above the road and reaches Échevannes 600 m higher up. Return via the village street which passes by the chapel and offers a lovely view of the valley.
(5) You can follow the Agrainoir path for 1,600 m to point 10, but it is more pleasant to vary the route by taking the ledge and the small viewpoint marked on the IGN map. To do this, 100 m before the Agrainoir hunting lodge, leave the main white path and turn left onto a forest track that follows the edge of the cliffs and leads to the viewpoint mentioned.
(9) Continue right along the path at the edge of the cliff ledge and, after about 400 m, leave it and take the forest track slightly to the right which leads back to the Agrainoir path. Turn left for 800 m until the end of the path.
(10) Turn right onto the forest track which descends into the woods. After 600 m, follow this good forest track to the left, continuing downhill; it passes through Tangelet and finally reaches the first houses of Montgesoye after a 1,500 m descent through the forest. Turn left to return to the cemetery car park (S/E).
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