Park at the Malvaux car park, at the start of Rue de la Papeterie.
Blue Disc Markings
(S/E) From the car park, turn right onto the Chemin de la Goutte Thierry, which runs below the Chemin Marcel Tassion. It passes a former holiday camp. Immediately afterwards, the path climbs to the right through a fir forest before joining a forest track.
(1) Cut across the forest track, then head up alongside the Goutte du Bon Pommier stream before joining the forest track via a series of tight bends.
(2) Follow the track to the left for 200 metres, then leave it and head up to the right towards the Plateau de la Grange.
(3) Cross a farm track. When you reach a mountain refuge, take a well-maintained path on the left to La Gentiane (downhill ski run).
(4) Walk alongside the car park, past the gendarmerie building and the Refuge des Amis de la Nature.
Cross the D466 and take the path running above it. Walk alongside the road on your left.
(5) Pass at the foot of the Tête des Redoutes ski lift. Continue along the path which runs alongside the departmental road.
(6) When you reach La Chaumière, cross the D465 and take the path which descends steeply at first before turning right.
(7) Cross Chemin Boigeol and continue downhill to the Étang du Petit-Haut.
(8) Walk along the embankment and turn left onto the path that runs alongside the River Savoureuse via the ‘sentier des cascades’. At the junction, carry straight on.
(9) When you reach the Saut de la Truite, cross the D465, go round the car park, then head back down
along the river on a stony path which later becomes tarmac. It runs past a former weaving mill and leads you back to the starting car park (S/E).
We had a lovely hike, starting with the waterfalls and returning via the gently sloping path.