Le Chemin de Coirat

Peri-urban circuit to quickly escape the city. Views of Chartreuse and Bauges.

Technical sheet

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 4.88 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 1h 50 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 162 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 157 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 431 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 272 m

Description of the walk

Park below the church of Bissy (in Chambéry).
Yellow markings and directional signs.

(S/F) Heading north to the intersection, turn left into the Chemin de Chamoux, up to point (1) ignoring the streets on both sides that serve residences.

(1) Turn left and continue up the Chemin de Chamoux.

(2) Pass by Avenue de Chatillon on the right and continue on for about 80 m, then turn right (3) at Chemin des Hauts de Chamoux. A little path leads to a junction, continue on past. 40 m further on, this time take a dirt road to the left (4).

Follow the path and join the wide stony path to Coirat. Turn left and head south-south-east on this road for a kilometre.

At the intersection (altitude level 411), turn left on a small rise, followed by a short descent leading to the hamlet of Chalou or Chaloz. After the first houses, turn left.

(5) Leave this hamlet by taking a narrow immediately to the left. It passes through a portion of forest and leads to a road, Chemin des Grandes Aules, to be followed by starting on the right. At the next intersection, turn right again to find an intersection 150 m further on. Find Rue de la Bataillarde which heads downhill at a steep 23%, back to the car park (S/F).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 274 m - Parking de l' - Église Saint-Valentin (Bissy)
  2. 1 : km 0.67 - alt. 311 m - Turning left
  3. 2 : km 0.84 - alt. 332 m - Avenue de Chatillon
  4. 3 : km 0.94 - alt. 340 m - Turning right
  5. 4 : km 1.22 - alt. 366 m - Allée d'Elvire
  6. 5 : km 3.17 - alt. 397 m - Chaloz
  7. S/E : km 4.88 - alt. 274 m - Church car park after the - Merderet (ruisseau) - Affluent du Nant Bruyant

Practical information

Yellow markings and directional signs.

Reviews and comments

4.3 / 5
Based on 7 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.3 / 5
Clarity of route map
4.6 / 5
Route interest
4.1 / 5
BoyerdeBerge
BoyerdeBerge

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of walk : Apr 04, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Busy trail : Yes

Very interesting walk. Quiet with a few other walkers in places. We had to go round half way 2 times because we hadn't taken the map, but we took the time announced for the walk. Very bucolic, really pleasant!

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vero73290
vero73290

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of walk : Dec 02, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

You can only fool once, but I really enjoyed it.

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Cy&Ch
Cy&Ch

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of walk : Jun 23, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A good ride, just a little too much "city" at the start.

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castors73
castors73

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of walk : Jan 27, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

But insufficient signposting at certain junctions....

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Truc3973
Truc3973

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of walk : May 13, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

It's a nice little stroll for a gentle refresher.

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gazok54
gazok54 ★

Thank you marieodile.viez@orange.fr.
What complaints do you have about the description?

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marieodile.viez@orange.fr
marieodile.viez@orange.fr

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of walk : Aug 20, 2016
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Clarity of route map : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Hello,

It's a lovely local walk with an interesting view from the chemin de Coirat.
Thank you for your time.

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Bisserain73
Bisserain73

It's not yet the Chartreuse, it's no longer the Bauges, geologically speaking it's the Jura to which the Epine range belongs.

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Marif73
Marif73

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of walk : Feb 14, 2016
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

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Ludivine M1.
Ludivine M1.

Hello

For the Massif du Jura it's a wink?

Best regards

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