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Departure from the square in front of the church in Pavezin. Metal cross opposite the church, where you can see the attributes of the crucifixion.
(S/E) Take Rue de l'Église, which climbs between the houses at the top of the church square, on the right.
(1) After 100 metres, at the stone Croix de Perrochia, continue along Rue de l'Église, which climbs and crosses the departmental road (D30). Continue along this road. At the first crossroads (about 500 metres away), continue straight ahead. (The other path on the left joins the D7); you will arrive at a place called "Les Maranches". Continue along the small road, then turn left at the crossroads. At the cross, take the path on the left through the chestnut grove, then follow the D7 to the right for about 30 metres.
(2) Take the path on the left and follow it to the hamlet of Grange Rouet.
(3) At the Grange-Rouet cross, turn onto the path on the right (brown and white markings). It descends for about 1 km and crosses the departmental road (D7).
(4) At the Croix du Grattey, take the path on the left which descends and arrives at the hamlet of Petit Valluy. Follow the road on the right. At the Croix du Petit Valluy, take the road on the right for about 500 metres until you reach the crossroads of hiking trails.
(5) Turn left. Look for the brown and white markings. Descend the path and at the first crossroads, turn right onto the path that will take you to the hamlet of La Chappey.
(6) At the Croix de la Chappey, take the road on the right. It crosses the hamlet of Salvigneux (cross ) and continues to a hairpin bend. Leave the road and continue on the left along the path that descends to the Guilleranche stream. Cross the stream and take the path opposite that goes uphill, leaving a path on the left.
(7) At the first cross you come to, the Croix de chez Courried, take the path on the left for about a hundred metres. When you reach the tarmac section, continue along the path opposite. It crosses the Couzon stream and climbs up to the Croix du Désert.
(8) There, turn left for a few metres then right. Cross the hamlet of Les Chavannes, continue along the tarmac road and cross the departmental road. Continue along the tarmac road opposite (Route de la Challe) for about 500 metres.
(9) Before reaching the hamlet of La Challe, turn right onto the path that goes uphill. (Unless you want to see the cross in the hamlet, in which case, make a round trip to the cross, a little further along the small road).
(10) At the Chantaloup hiking trail junction, turn right until you reach the junction of several paths and roads at Les Crouzes or Crozes.
(11) At this point, you can see a hut belonging to the Pavezin hunters. Take the path on the left between two fields. At the first crossroads, about 300 metres away, turn right and join the Vanel road. As you pass a house, you will see the Croix de la Positière.
(12) Take the Vanel road on the left.
(13) Take the hairpin turn to the right onto the Maranchon road. After the houses, take the path on the right that climbs up to the hamlet of La Grange.
At the Croix de la Grange, follow the path to the right. It joins the road, which you take to the left for about 100 metres. Then take the path to the left (not shown on the IGN map), then left again. Climb up to the junction with the Marron et Blanc hiking trail.
Continue to the right until you reach the large crossroads. Turn right towards "Chantalou" (yellow and white signposting) until you reach the tarmac road.
Follow it to the left (view of the village of Pavezin). Cross the hamlet of La Côte (wooden cross on your left) and arrive at the Col de Pavezin, where a metal cross marks the boundary between Jarez and Forez.
(14) At Col de Pavezin, take the first path on the right, near the fire hydrant. Follow it to the village. It joins the departmental road at a place called La Guillotière, where you can admire the Croix des Chartreux.
(15) Return to the church square via the departmental road on the left (S/E).
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