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Park in the large car park at La Croix de Chaubouret.
(S/E) From the Col de la Croix de Chaubouret, follow the GR®7, heading north-east at first, then east and finally south-east, to the hamlet of Les Hautes Gouttes, where you’ll come out onto a small road. Head down the small road.
(1) Turn onto the small path on the left before the hut. Head up through the forest until you reach a road.
(2) Follow it to the right until you reach a cross. Take the path leading uphill to the right of the cross. At the next junction, head towards Crêt de la Perdrix. Climb up a path winding through blueberries and heather until you reach the orientation table.
(3) From here, you can enjoy stunning 360° views. Head down over the rocks, then across the grass. Soon, turn left towards the shepherd's hut. Continue straight down (across the meadow). Cross the road and carry on to the lodge. As you pass, you can see the source of the Gier on your left.
(4) Head up the road that curves to the right. At the end of the bend, after a memorial stone, veer left. Do not take the Sentier Berthier, but go through the gate and head up into the meadow (right in the middle of the herd if it’s there!).
(5) When you come to a path, turn left towards the Col de l'Étançon.
(6) From there, take the path that climbs towards the ‘borne des trois seigneurs’ boundary stone. Climb through the blueberries, pass the boundary stone, then enter the forest.
(7) At the signpost at an altitude of 1,383 m, do not head up towards the Crêt de la Perdrix, but turn left. There are no further markings. Take the path bordered by a fence (on your right). The path, which is flat at first, begins to descend. Continue, keeping the fence on your right. When the fence ends, continue along the path to the Beau Girard junction.
(8) Take the path on the left. After about 200 m, follow the path to the right. Don’t worry about the cross marked on a tree. Shortly afterwards, in a large clearing, you’ll come to a Fork in the road. Take the path on the left. From there, you descend gently through the forest. All along the way, you pass between raspberry and blackberry bushes. Soon, on your left, the forest changes and you pass alongside a plantation of larch trees (lighter foliage).
(9) After a hairpin bend to the right, you’ll reach a large clearing used to store felled timber. Turn left and follow the forest track down to the road.
(10) Head back up the road on your right. Take the bend to the left, then, before the next bend, head down the path on your left. Shortly afterwards, leave the logging track that heads straight down, and continue to the right. From here, you’ll find unobstructed views. Head down, pass through the forest, then out into the open amidst the ferns. Continue straight on until you reach the stream.
(11) Cross the stream, which runs across the path for a few metres. Follow the path, first through the forest, then out into the open. When you reach a Fork in the road, go up to the right. Continue to the hamlet of Grange Neuve.
(12) You’ll come to a road; head uphill. At the Fork in the road, keep going up to the right until you reach a crossroads marked by a cross, the Croix de la Chavana.
(13) Head towards Haute Goutte. The road climbs quite steeply, but you’ll soon be rewarded with views of magnificent landscapes.
(14) After the cross, turn left onto the path that climbs. Join the road and follow it to the left. Then turn onto the first small road on the right. It will then take you no more than a few minutes to reach the hamlet of Les Hautes Gouttes.
(1) Return along the GR®7 in the opposite direction to get back to the Croix de Chaubouret car park (S/E).
Well done.
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