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Parking is available in a large car park at the entrance to the village.
(S/E) Turn right at the town hall onto Rue de la Tour. Turn right onto Rue de l'Église, pass the church and then the cemetery and continue along the road to Croix des Plantées.
(1) Turn left onto Chemin des Écorchas, which climbs steadily for about 900 metres, crossing the D2 road. The path continues opposite and joins the hamlet of La Carelière.
After the first houses, leave the road and continue straight ahead on a path that leads to the Col de Gachet, marked by a cross.
(2) Opposite the cross, take theGR®7and follow it for just over 1 km before it joins the D6.
(3) Take the path on the right and, 50 metres further on, the one on the left. This balcony path is also part of the Sabot Bleu circular, a discovery trail marked out by the municipality of Saint-Christo-en-Jarez. Pass the Fontaine du Loup (spring).
Further on, leave the Sabot Bleu markings that branch off to the left and stay on the route marked with a black triangle. Carefully cross the road (D65) twice to cut across the bend. Continue to the right down a long descent through the undergrowth to reach a fork.
(4) Ignore the Blue Triangle trail on the right that leads to La Baronnière, and take the path on the left that leads to the hamlet of Le Gas.
(5) Please note that at this point, the signpost is located on the left on a beam and indicates to turn right just before the farm and continue to a fork further on.
(6) Look for the Black Triangle signpost on the left. The path joins a small road which you should follow to the right to reach Crévieux. Continue for about 300 metres after the hamlet.
(7) Take a forest path that branches off to the left downhill and crosses the D6. Continue straight ahead.
(8) Turn right uphill towards Chevalard. Pass the hamlet on your right. Further on, turn left at a calvary embedded in the wall surrounding the clearly visible Château de Lachal.
Leave the road at a cross (signposted Le Feuillet) and head straight ahead onto a faint path that passes between meadows. Join a small road and turn left for a few metres.
(9) Be careful not to take the first path on the left, but just after it, leave the road and take another path on the left, almost opposite. Continue until you cross a track, then turn right. At the first crossroads, continue straight ahead to reach an intersection at a hedge of trees. From this point, you will complete a circular route.
(10) Turn left and continue straight ahead, crossing numerous orchards.
(11) On the descent, you will see the famous Roman underground aqueduct on both sides of the path.
(12) At the bottom of the descent, turn right and walk alongside an apple orchard. The path continues uphill along the Durèze.
(13) Turn right along one of its tributaries.
(10) Continue left along the path until the next junction
(14) Turn left. The path continues uphill towards the hamlet of Les Chabaudières.
(15) At the end of the greenhouses, turn right and then left onto the path that descends into the Durèze valley.
(16) Just before the river, do not cross it, but turn right onto the path with a fairly steep climb that leads to the hamlet of La Sibertière.
(17) Turn left onto the road towards Vernay. Continue on this same road, which descends to the left.
(18) Just before a hairpin bend, a path branches off to the right. Follow the yellow markings along this path. Please note: there are several paths leading off to orchards.
The path climbs up to the water treatment plant and then becomes a steep climb to a tarmac road that leads to the village of Valfleury at the church. Go around the building on the left and then turn left into Rue de la Tour to easily find the car park where you started (S/E).
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Easy 
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Difficult 
