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Park in the Cornas cemetery car park.
(S/E) Head west for 100 metres, then turn right towards the north. Continue until you reach the last houses.
(1) Walk past the last house, then follow the Chaillot stream for about 100 metres, then take the rocky steps on the right. Walk to the vineyard and follow it to the left, then to the right until you reach Chemin du Coulet.
Take it on the left, climb gently through the vineyard and, after a hairpin bend, it becomes steeper and steeper. Continue to the ruins of Le Coulet.
(2) Take the path on the right, towards two caravans, and walk past them. The path climbs gently; continue until you reach the first hairpin bend.
In the middle of the hairpin bend, take the first small path down into the woods on the right and follow it for about 150 to 200 metres. When you reach a more open area, turn left to arrive under the rock arch.
There isa splendid view of Crussol Mountain and a small part of the Cornas vineyard. Cross the arch, then take the narrow passage on the left. Continue along the ascending path to reach the plateau above the arch. Wind your way through the woods, follow a fence to reach a small tarmac road.
(3) Take it to the left, first downhill, then up again to the left, in a fairly sharp bend. There is a larger area here that can be used as a car park for two or three vehicles. Leave the road and turn right onto a downhill path that enters the woods. Be careful! The descent is very steep. Cross the Largentière stream and climb back up until you find a wider path connecting Les Royes to La Borne.
(4) Continue left uphill and, after a few bends in the woods, you will reach an open space. Continue on to reach the Grange farm.
(5) Follow the small road uphill to the left towards the houses of La Borne, then continue downhill to the Michelas crossroads.
(6) Take the steep road on the left and follow it for about 800 metres. Pass a large green henhouse and, at the end of the tarmac road, take the path opposite which leads to the hamlet of Bressieux. Keep left and cross the hamlet.
(7) Just before a steep climb, take a small road heading south between the houses, which quickly becomes a path winding between woods and meadows. Stay on the main path.
(8) Follow the path to a large gate, turn right, walk along the fence, then turn left. At the first crossroads, just above the hamlet of Chante-Perdrix, join theGR® 42, marked in white and red. Follow it through the hamlet of Les Plaines. 200 to 250 m after the hamlet, take the path on the left (GR® 42). Join a small road that passes in front of the Barreau house. The road climbs.
(9) __Take great care on the climb, take the small path on the left and leave theGR® 42. This descends to the hamlet of Précharnier. Cross the hamlet and, just before the last house, take the path downhill to the left, heading north-east, and join a road.
(10) Follow it to the left for about 200 metres, then leave it and take the path going uphill opposite. Leave the first path on the left and continue straight ahead. At the next crossroads, turn right, pass in front of the remains of a wooden barrier and you will reach the Chapelle Saint-Pierre.
(11) Cross the road and take the path opposite. Quickly turn left, being careful not to go through the gate, and descend through the vineyard to the access road to the hamlet of Les Aires. Turn left and, after about 100 metres, take the path on the right at the bend. Stay on this path and continue to the crossroads leading to Chanas.
(12) Take this path on the right, head towards Chanas and, before the house, you will find a small wooden hiking sign with an arrow pointing the way. Turn left onto the winding path downhill, first along the top of a vineyard, then into the woods. Follow several hairpin bends, then arrive at the vineyards on the Tezier hillside. Continue downhill along the stream to arrive at Rue du Ruisseau, at the entrance to Cornas.
Follow it towards the village centre and arrive at the crossroads by the town hall.
(13) Take the stairs on the left, cross the stream, continue along Chemin des Églantiers, then turn right to return to the Cornas cemetery car park (S/E).
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