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Park in the Place de la Libération car park in Le Puy-en-Velay.
(S/E) Cross La Borne via the Estrouilhas bridge. Continue along Rue du Pont Vieux to reach Rue Saint-Marcel.
(1) Turn left, pass a cross, and at the next crossroads, go down opposite and pass in front of the entrance to the Auguste Aymard vocational school. You will then arrive at the entrance to the dirt car park.
(2) Turn left onto Rue Saint-Joseph, then turn right onto the stony path that climbs uphill. After the hill, you will rejoin the tarmac road at the entrance to the retirement home.
(3). Turn left onto Chemin de Ladroit. Continue along the dirt track until you reach some wooden barracks.
(4) Turn right, then immediately left. Turn right again, walk up alongside a wall and join the N102.
(5) Follow it to the right on the wide pavement until the first junction with a road at the frequent speed camera sign.
(6). Leave the N102 here and turn left onto Rue Résidence Les Hautes de l'Ermitage. Follow this street uphill. Opposite an access road on the right leading down to the gate of a house with a sign bordered by a red crown and crossed by a red diagonal line "no access to motor vehicles", take a shortcut on the left by climbing straight up the grassy slope to reach the access road to Mont Denise.
(7) Turn left onto this road, which is very quiet but climbs steadily, winding its way up to the summit with its television antenna.
(8) Turn left into the forest and walk to its edge to admire the breathtaking view of the town of Le Puy-en-Velay with Mont Mézenc in the background.
(9) Turn back and descend along the road to return to the crossroads and the access road to Mont Denise.
(7) Continue straight ahead and you will soon reach the junction with Route de Maloutière.
(10) Follow the signs for Chemin de Malouteyre. In the hamlet of La Malouteyre, ignore the Chemin de la Fontaine on your left and continue downhill to the right. At the junction between Chemin de la Malouteyre and Route du Mont Denise, turn right to continue downhill. You will arrive at a stop sign 150 metres further on and a high-voltage electrical substation.
(11) Turn left onto a very small street between two high walls. Cross the D13 to continue downhill opposite via Chemin des Sources. Near the rubbish bins, turn right. Cross the N102 with caution and you will soon come to the junction with Rue du Pont Vieux, which you passed on the way there.
(1) Turn right and, going in the opposite direction to the outward journey, return to the bridge over the Borne and then to the car park at Place de la Libération (S/E).
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