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Park in Soudon.
(S/E) Go to a square with a statue of the Virgin Mary and take the street that goes uphill. Follow it to the D99, which you will cross. Take the path opposite to a wooden cross.
(1) Turn right onto the path that climbs up and joins a track (Chemin de Merdanson) which is tarmac for the first few metres.
(2) Follow it to the right, then continue straight on until you reach a crossroads with theGR®59. Follow theGR® to the left for 50 metres.
(3) Turn right onto a logging track (green arrow) going downhill. After a few hundred metres, the path crosses a small stream (low flow), heads north-west and goes uphill.
(4) About 100 metres after the bend, turn left onto a grassy path that descends and joins another path. Turn right onto the path. After a steep descent, you will arrive near a stream, which you cross and follow the path along the stream to the D60. Cross and take the tarmac path marked "Voie sans issue" (dead end) opposite, which continues after the houses as a dirt track.
(5) At the first fork, turn right onto the path that climbs uphill, turns into a track after a beautiful wash house on the right, and arrives at the entrance to Cleyzieu.
(6) When you reach the square, turn right after the fountain. Continue until you reach a building on the right with wild boar hooves nailed to the gate.
(7) Turn left into the next alleyway, continue along the path opposite which climbs and joins a track.
(8) Turn right onto the path, then cross a field enclosed by metal barriers. Continue along this path heading south; the path crosses a field, runs alongside another field and then returns to the undergrowth.
(9) Continue along the well-marked path, signposted in green, until you reach a large clearing; at a left-hand bend, you can stop to admire the view.
(10). Continue uphill to reach a clearing at the crossroads at the summit of Crêt de Pont.
(11). Follow theGR® (2nd on the left) to the summit of Crêt du Pont.
(12), retrace your steps back to the clearing.
(11) Continue straight ahead on theGR® (signposted "Hêtre Louis-Philippe"). After a steep descent, theGR® turns right; follow it to a crossroads after a field on the left where a sign indicates the direction of Soudon (displayed time 30 minutes).
(13) Turn left onto this path and follow it to a tarmac road.
(14) Follow the road for a few metres and take a path on the left which rejoins the road a few dozen metres further on. Continue along the road which descends to the junction with the D99.
(15) Cross the D99 and follow it to the right until you reach the starting point. Turn left, then take the first street on the right, which will take you back to the Soudon car park (S/E).
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