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Departure from Larringes church (parking at the edge of a small square behind the church). Access from Evian-les-Bains or Thonon-les-Bains via the Carrefour de l'x then the D11 and D32.
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(S/E) Take the D32 road towards Vinzier (east); stay on the left-hand pavement, which allows you to walk safely along the road.
(1) At the roundabout, turn left onto Chemin de Pugny (small tarmac road).
(2) At Château de Larringes, turn right onto Chemin de Chery. After a few metres, turn right again. The small road becomes a path that runs east-northeast between the meadows, bordered in places by hedges. This leads to a small road, which you follow to the left. Enter Chez Crosson and pass in front of a tiny chapel.
(3) At the corner of the chapel, turn right. Ignore a path on the left at the road sign. A few metres further on, take a wide path that leads into the woods. Stay on the main path, which is marked: at a fork, near a hunters' hut, take the left-hand path; at the next fork, take the right-hand path; at a third fork (with a fitness trail), take the left-hand path and follow the fitness trail. Leave the woods, cross a meadow and re-enter a spruce forest. At a T-junction, turn right towards Saint-Paul-en-Chablais (sign).
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(4) At the next intersection, leave the marked trail on the left and continue straight ahead between forest plots 3 and 4 (numbers painted in red on a white background on the trees). Continue south-southwest through the forest and you will come out at the fitness trail car park.
(5) Cross the D52 road (take care) diagonally to the right, towards a sign for "Sentier du Maravant". Take the path that heads south-southeast under the spruce trees. At a T-junction, two signs indicate the direction you have just come from and a direction to the right towards "La Pastourelle". Do not follow either of these two directions, but take a faint path on the left through the undergrowth, with a stream on your right. You will come out onto a small road.
(6) Follow the road to the right and cross the Maravant over a small bridge. At the next fork, take the left-hand path and continue south on a small road that winds through the meadows. You will come out onto a larger (and busier) road.
(7) Take the road on the left and enter Cré Bouché. Cross the hamlet. At the last houses, follow the yellow markings and turn right.
(8) At the next intersection, ignore the yellow markings on the right and continue straight ahead until you reach the D352 road. Follow this road to the right for about 250 metres.
(9) Between two telephone poles on the right-hand side and an electricity pole on the left-hand side, turn left onto a path that heads south between fields. Directly below the Oratoire du Perron, located some distance to the left of a clearly visible pylon, go around the hill on the right as the path becomes less distinct (do not climb the steep slope towards the oratory; respect the meadows). At the T-junction near the pylon, turn left to go around it on the left. Continue slightly uphill and you will immediately reach the oratory.
(10) Retrace your steps.
(9) Follow the D352 road to the right and turn left at Bois du Ban until you reach the intersection with the marked path.
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(8) Take the path on the left. Stay on this main path, heading west then north-west, ignoring the paths branching off to the sides.
(11) At the T-junction with a small road, take this road on the left and continue on relatively flat ground.
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(12) At the next crossroads, take the small road on the right. Pass an oratory on the left side of the road and descend (north-west) to enter Larringes. At the fork, turn right to cross a stream. Climb back up and you will quickly reach the church (S/E).
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