The Mont des Salles loop starting from Les Sauvages

Date of your route : Jul 13, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant and varied hike, although perhaps a little too much of it is on tarmac. The slope is not steep and the terrain is easy. You even pass a wind turbine just a few metres away.

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Date of your route : Jul 14, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Long loop starting from Les Sauvages.
Very long descent through the woods, and
very long climb in the sun. Then you're rewarded by arriving at the ridge with endless views.
The only downside is the presence of steel monsters that disfigure the landscape, three quarters of which are stationary.

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Date of your route : Jun 16, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Very steep descent at the end of the route in hot weather.
A short detour for lunch at the Restaurant de la Roche in Charpennay.

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Hello and thank you for your message. I created this hike a long time ago, and some parts have changed (the dogs too ). I recommend another great hike that I did: La Tête de Cochon (Pig's Head), and guess why I called it that? Enjoy your hikes .

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Date of your route : Jan 27, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

We did this hike in crazy wind and a little rain, but nothing could stop us. We had decided to do these 20 km
We looked for the dogs but only found the dog at La Ferme aux kilomètres trois
If you decide to do this hike, you should know that his name is Hugo
We covered the 20 km in four hours
Now it's your turn...

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Date of your route : Dec 25, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant winter hike. Varied landscapes with alternating woodland paths and open views.

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Date of your route : Jul 26, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

• Hike completed on Friday, 26 July 2024.
• At point 3, to cross the D8, I recommend extreme caution. Although it looks like a quiet country road, it is not. It was a weekday and there was a lot of traffic, with cars travelling at speeds of at least 90 km/h. However, because there is a left turn and a right turn, visibility is very poor. As I looked to the left and started to cross, a car came out of nowhere on the left. I looked left again and started to cross, but by the time I turned my head to the right, a car was coming from the right!
• So, be extremely careful, especially with children, animals and even adults. I have rarely seen such a dangerous crossing. You may not encounter any traffic at all, but be extremely careful nonetheless.

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Thank you for enjoying the hike. Best regards, Philippe

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Date of your route : May 13, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

The landscape is sublime in May, with lots of flowers following the incessant rains. There are a few muddy sections, and the wind farm isn't great: the wind turbines aren't silent, but it's a necessary evil.
apart from that, this hike was a real delight.

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Date of your route : Mar 25, 2024
Reliability of the description : Not used / Not applicable
Ease of following the route : Not used / Not applicable
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Oxygen circuit because today it was very windy on the way up to Mont de Salles! The wind turbines were spinning away happily, and it's quite impressive to find yourself at their base... No problems with orientation, the yellow markings from the wild trails give way to the white/red GR7 on the way back. A fairly varied hike, winding around the railway line before climbing up to overlook the Tarare mountains, with a distant view of the Lyon metropolitan area... It's a shame about the section of road before Mont de Salles and the total absence of trails (only paths, and sometimes rutted like after the wind turbines). But in this agricultural region, trails must be pretty hard to find...

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I made the changes to the map and description, everything is OK now.

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Thanks for the comment. During the construction of the wind turbines, the FFR moved the trail to the right at the crossroads. Now that the work is finished at the crossroads, you need to continue straight ahead and follow the GR7 to Les Sauvages. I thought I had put it back as it was before, but I'll go on the hike to check.

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Date of your route : Feb 25, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

I am surprised by the description between points 8 and 9. Up to the Carrel cross, no problem, very good description and easy to follow. Beyond that, to avoid the old (?) GR7 route and the series of wind turbines, the description suggests a route that descends into the Fourrier woods and joins the GR7 below the weather station (point 9). According to the description, the new route is very well marked with red and white FFR signs. Following this route, I saw NO FFR signs (destroyed?) and got lost on badly damaged forest tracks. My GPS helped me find my way back to the wind turbine at Les Besaces. So my "average" rating only applies to this part of the route. Otherwise, it's a very interesting hike with some beautiful views.

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Date of your route : May 04, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

On the route, we only encountered one group of hikers.
We followed the original route, without taking the new GR7 trail. The lack of signposts between points 8 and 9 on the old GR trail didn't bother us. I usually record the route on the hike description, which alerts me if I take a wrong turn. A mistake in the Bois Fourrier, where we went straight along the ridge, meant we had to take a detour and climb an extra 70 metres.
Thanks to the author.

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Date of your route : Apr 18, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Thanks for this hike. After joining the GR7, we followed the GR markings, which had been redone after the wind turbines were installed. The trail runs alongside the wind turbines (very wide track) and turns right after the third wind turbine. Nice view at the top towards Lyon in the distance. In the end, this shortened the circuit to 12.5 km.

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