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Parking on the side of the D113 south of the Col de Malval on the way to Yzeron.
(S) Leave the starting point and follow the road south for 200 metres, leaving the metal gate on your right.
(1) A path descends to the right of the road. Take it and follow it. After 250 metres, you will come to a carriage road. Continue straight ahead on this road.
(2) You will come to a bend in the forest. Two paths descend to the right. Take the one furthest to the right. This pretty path descends and then runs almost flat through a beautiful forest. Stay on this path for about two kilometres.
After leaving the forest, walk alongside the meadows on your left. You will see the hamlet of Lafont below.
(3) When you reach a crossroads, take the concrete path that descends to the left towards the hamlet.
(4) At the first crossroads in the village, take the street on the left.
Note the Fontaine Madeleine fountain on your left, which gave the hamlet its name (see below for more details). Continue straight ahead towards the exit of the hamlet. Ignore the path that branches off to your left towards a house.
The road gradually turns into a pleasant path through meadows and gardens. Ignore the paths that branch off to the right (not shown on the map) until you cross a small stream.
(5) Shortly after the stream, you will come to a crossroads. Ignore the path that goes straight ahead (marked with aqueduct trail signs) and take the very steep path that climbs to the left. Continue climbing, ignoring a path that branches off to the left (not marked on the map). When you reach the top, you will see a path on your left (with an old van wreck): ignore it and continue straight ahead. After the bend, the path descends straight down towards the valley, running alongside a beautiful stone wall.
(6) Follow the path for barely 10 metres and take the path that branches off to the left. The beginning is grassy. Do not confuse it with the beginning of a dirt path just around the bend, a path created by mountain bikes. The path descends through the brush to the bottom of the valley. Turn right and you will come to a small bridge. Cross it.
(7) Turn left onto the road. In the bend opposite you, there is a drinking water reservoir. Take the path that branches off to the left. Continue along this path, which climbs through the forest until you reach a beautiful farm.
(8) Go around the farm to the left. The semi-tarmac road will take you to the fork you passed on the way there.
(2) Turn right and you will recognise the path that climbs up to the road and the trail after the white gate that leads to the road.
(1) Take the road on the left and you will find your vehicle (S/E).
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