Park in one of the car parks or at the side of the road in the village of Châteauroux-les-Alpes, heading towards the church.
(S/E) At the bend above the church, take theGR®50(signposted and marked in red and white). After passing through the houses at the top of the village, join the tarmac road.
At the first bend, turn right and, a few metres further on, you’ll reach the path junction just before the hamlet of Les Martins. Turn left onto the path and, after a short climb, you’ll reach a road again.
(1) Turn right onto it, ignoring the path opposite. Continue along this road. At the hamlet of Sainte-Croix, you’ll reach the junction with the Pines track.
(2) Stay on the road opposite and follow it to reach the geological information board opposite the Demoiselles Coiffées.
(3) Stay on the road and follow a long, almost flat path to reach the bridge over the Rabioux.
(4) Follow the same route back to the junction with the geology information board.
(3) Continue along the road to the junction with the Pines Trail (see the important note in the Practical Information section).
(2) Turn right and begin an easy climb to reach the junction with theGR®50.
(5) Follow it; theGR® shares the track here, and you’ll easily reach the Auberge Lodge des Pinées.
(6) Return to the previous route as far as the GR® junction.
(5) Turn right onto theGR® to begin an easy but fairly steep descent. Return to the original junction.
(1) Follow the route you took on the way out to reach the car park at the start of the walk at a leisurely pace (S/E)