Between Pressins and Saint-Jean-d'Avelanne

This route first winds through woods and hillsides, then returns via the 'flat' part, avoiding tarmac roads where possible.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 10.53 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 35 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 198 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 198 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 429 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 305 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐
    Area: Dauphiné
  • ⚐ District: Pressins (38480)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 45.523617° / E 5.628759°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 3232ET, 3233SB, 3333OT, 3333OTR
  • Hour-by-hour weather

Description of the walk

Park in the Pressins town hall car park.

(S/E) Take the hill towards the church and enter the wooded area towards Espace Pressinois.

(1) At the fork, follow the path uphill to the right. Stay on this path for a long distance until you reach the Corbière bridge.

(2) Turn left until you reach the house that serves as a lodge. Take the path on the right, then keep right 100 metres further on to take the uphill path (an alternative option is to take the path on the lower left, which avoids a steep slope and shortens the route). Continue to the summit.

(3) Descend via the path on the left. At the hairpin bend, turn right and follow the main path, which remains in the forest and then passes along the edge. Turn left at a 90° angle to reach the crossroads at the hamlet of Les Forêts.

(4) Turn right onto the road, then immediately left onto a path. You will reach the crossroads at a place called La Monta.

(5) Take the hairpin left turn to go back down the road towards Le Menoux and reach this hamlet.

(6) Turn left towards Métralier to avoid the busy road below. At the hamlet, turn right.

(7) At the T-junction, turn right again to follow the ponds, then reach the tarmac road.

(8) Follow the road to the left. Take care as the road is busy and narrow on the dyke section. Take the first path on the right for about 100 metres, then turn left onto the path between the house and the barn.

(9) At the end of the path, follow the road to the left, then take the first path on the right between the field on the right and the hedge on the left.

(10) Turn left onto the road and cross the hamlet of Fallamieux, heading uphill towards La Corbière. Ignore several roads and paths on the right, as they are dead ends.

(11) Take Chemin des Pérelles on the right. Ignore two paths on the left and continue straight ahead until you reach the road.

Take the road on the left, which will take you back to the starting point (S/E) in a few dozen metres.

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 328 m - Pressins Town Hall car park
  2. 1 : km 0.44 - alt. 354 m - Enter the forest on the right.
  3. 2 : km 1.6 - alt. 357 m - La Corbière, on the left
  4. 3 : km 2.46 - alt. 429 m - Summit of the ridge, on the left
  5. 4 : km 3.98 - alt. 354 m - Carrefour les Forêts
  6. 5 : km 5.29 - alt. 368 m - La Monta crossroads
  7. 6 : km 6.03 - alt. 329 m - Menoux
  8. 7 : km 6.6 - alt. 330 m - T-junction, turn right towards the ponds.
  9. 8 : km 6.99 - alt. 308 m - Etang de Combe, road on the left
  10. 9 : km 8 - alt. 313 m - Road on the left
  11. 10 : km 8.65 - alt. 328 m - Fallamieux crossroads
  12. 11 : km 9.3 - alt. 345 m - Chemin des Perelles
  13. S/E : km 10.53 - alt. 327 m - Pressins Town Hall car park

Reviews and comments

4.3 / 5
Based on 8 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.3 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.3 / 5
Route interest
4.4 / 5
Fiilou
Fiilou

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 22, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant walk that I often take, usually early in the morning when there are no other walkers around.
Much of it is shaded by the edge of the woods.
Depending on how fit you are, there are various ways to shorten the route.
Enjoy your walk!

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MarionLHôte
MarionLHôte

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 23, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

I spent 95% of my time off the routes, as I was keen to find a spot in the forest.
I discovered Pressins city, which is super cute and makes you want to come back and explore. I just needed some guidance to get started, then I got lost and loved it 😅

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lavalrstlatour
lavalrstlatour

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 23, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

I checked out this hike to take a group there next week; it's a very beautiful hike with no major difficulties
with beautiful scenery and very little tarmac.
Highly recommended.

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ensepromenant
ensepromenant

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 14, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Pleasant hike, partly through woodland.

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Netra
Netra ★

Hello randomacornay, and thank you for your comments.

The tagging is not the responsibility of either the author or Visorando. However, we can try to improve the description that you rated as Average. Do you have any suggestions in this regard? Thank you in advance.

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randomacornay
randomacornay

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 01, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

The markings are difficult to see. The map helped guide us because we got lost a lot!

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jojuma
jojuma

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 23, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Night hike, no difficulty, very enjoyable

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coublevie38
coublevie38

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 23, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Hiking sometimes through hilly woodland with beautiful views of the plain, sometimes on the plain itself on sections that are partly tarmac.

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jfhiajb@viso
jfhiajb@viso

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 16, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

I didn't follow the entire route indicated, mainly due to lack of time. But I remember it as a flat route with varied landscapes and sections on small roads through villages.

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