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Park in the car park at Place de la Platière in Doizieux.
(S/E) From Place de la Platière, the small central square in the village of Doizieux, opposite the town hall, walk down a few dozen metres to cross the Dorlay and turn left onto the little Rue de la Tour. At the start of the street, signs indicate walking routes: follow the signs for ‘La Roche’ and their black and white markings.
Walk up Rue de la Tour, round a hairpin bend and walk alongside the church. Then, after a left-hand bend, leave Rue de la Tour and turn left into a narrow lane which ends in a dead end after about sixty metres. This lane leads into two paths; follow the one on the left, which leads to a small, level road.
(1) Turn right onto this road, follow it for 40 metres, then take a path that climbs straight up the slope to the left (black and white markers). On this path, cross a road to cut across a hairpin bend, then follow this road for 50 metres.
(2) Take the path on the right again. After 300 metres, this rejoins the road. Follow it for 200 metres, until you reach the entrance to the Bruchet farm.
(3) Then turn right, heading south-west, onto the dirt track, which is more or less passable by vehicles. Climb through woodland and pastures to the hamlet of La Roche, which is reached via a small tarmac road.
(4) Take the hairpin bend on the left which goes round the hamlet and, 50 metres further on, leave the road to head up to the right along a path which, through the forest, joins theGR®®7after 2 km (elevation 1,283 metres on the map).
(5) Continue straight on along theGR®®7towards the south-east as far as the shepherd's hut.
(6) From there, follow the road for 300 m, passing the monument commemorating the 1944 air disaster. Immediately afterwards, climb up a path on the left through the moorland, heading south-east. Continue for 600 m to the 1,377 m elevation point. Pass through a gap in the barbed wire and take the path on the left, which leads almost level to the Col d’Étançon (1,365 m).
(7) Then follow the ridge along a path heading east. Pass by the Crêt du Rachat, go round the Crêt de Botte (military zone) on the right, and descend via the small road to the car park situated on the pass at the foot of the Crêt de l’Œillon (radio and TV relay station), which is easily reached.
(8) Head towards the radio and TV relay station. Go round the relay station’s facilities on the left or right. To the east, you will come to a large cross and a survey table.
(9) Head down towards the north-east along a narrow track which soon joins a good path; follow this due north. Follow this path which, after 1.6 km, reaches the small Col du Trève du Loup (1,219 m).
(10) Climb the next hill (1,292 m). From the top of the hill, continue northwards for about 350 m. You will then come to a level path; take this to the right for a good hundred metres. You will emerge onto a wide, motorable forest track; keep left.
(11) At thethird hairpin bend, leave this track via a path that leads back up to the ridge and head straight down towards the Collet de Doizieux (inn, car park).
(12) From the small pass, head north-west along the Jean-Jacques Rousseau path, which descends for 2 km.
(13) You’ll reach a small road; follow it to the left for 150 metres. Leave the road by turning onto a track on the right; cross another road and, at the next junction, take the left-hand path. You’ll end up on the Route Neuve, which leads back to the centre of the village of Doizieux and its Place de la Platière (A/D).
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