Start at the Carrefour de l’Épine Foreuse junction, on the D115 road between Faÿ (Chailly-en-Bière) and Bois-le-Roi. It is best to park on the right-hand side of the road when coming from Faÿ. The car park has a space reserved for disabled people.
Disability sports signs depicting a wheelchair
(S/E) On the “Bois-le-Roi” side, look for a sign indicating the start of the Mare aux Évées disabled circular loop. Then take the Route de Faÿ to Bois-le-Roi, a compacted track that begins at the foot of a tree marked with the number 831. Carry on straight for about 600 metres, ignoring thefirst junction and then, immediately afterwards, two turnings on the right.
(1) At the next junction, take thefirst turning on the right, the Allée des Peupliers de Virginie. Reach the Mare aux Évées and go round it on the left. Leave the pond by taking thethird path on the left, the Allée des Peupliers du Lac Ontario. At the end of this path, lined with drainage channels, follow the Route tournante de la Mare aux Évées to the right.
No signposting
(2) At the crossroads, turn left (south-east) onto Route de Damarie. Pass an old oil well (information boards).
(3) At the next junction, take thesecond right (south-west) onto Route de Chailly à Brolles.
(4) At the next junction, take thethird left (south) onto Route de la Femme. At the next two junctions, carry straight on. Pass Route du Serpolet on your left and head uphill.
Blue signposting
The markings, which are very frequent, are situated at various heights: on trees, on lower rocks or directly on the ground on exposed boulders.
(5) When you reach a large double-trunked oak, turn left onto the Denecourt-Colinet path no. 12. Head uphill, winding your way between the rocks. A very low passage under a rock can be bypassed to the right. Winding your way along, follow the signposts carefully and, at the various junctions, continue straight on along the Blue Trail. Note, on the right-hand side, a rock resembling a small menhir marked with the letter H. Further on, descend some wide wooden steps and pass a bonsai oak on your right (information board). Then turn left to reach the Rocher Canon car park.
No signposting
(6) Turn left (north-north-west) and cross the car park. At the junction, turn left (west) onto the Route du Lancer. At the next junction, go straight on.
(7) At the next junction, turn right onto Route de Damarie. At the next two junctions, carry straight on and head north. Pass through a beautiful high forest and then walk alongside a regenerating plot on your left.
(3) At the junction, ignore the two paths on the left and the two on the right; continue straight ahead on the Route de Dammarie, which immediately veers to the left (north-west). Pass the oil well again that you encountered on the way there.
Disability sports signs depicting a wheelchair
(2) At the crossroads, carry on straight ahead (north-west) to the car park (S/E).
