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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, in front of the town hall, walk down a few dozen metres to cross the Dorlay and turn left into the small Rue de la Tour. At the beginning of the street, signs indicate the hiking trails: follow the signs for "La Roche" and the black and white markings.
Go up Rue de la Tour, go through 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 street which ends in a cul-de-sac after about 60 metres. This street continues as two paths; follow the one on the left which leads to a small horizontal road.
(1) Turn right onto this road, follow it for 40 metres, then take a path that climbs up the slope on the left (black and white signs). On this path, cross a road to cut off a hairpin bend, then follow this road for 50 metres.
(2) Take the path on the right. After 300m, it rejoins the road. Follow it for 200m until you reach the entrance to the Bruchet farm.
(3) Then turn right, south-west, onto the dirt track, which is more or less passable. Climb through the forest and pastures to the hamlet of La Roche, which is reached by a small tarmac road.
(4) Take the hairpin bend on the left that goes around the hamlet and, 50m after, leave the road and go up to the right along a path that goes through the forest and joins theGR®7after 2km (altitude 1283m on the map).
(5) Continue straight ahead on theGR®7trail towards the south-east until you reach the Auberge de la Jasserie.
(6) From there, follow the road for 300 m, passing the monument commemorating the 1944 air disaster. Immediately after, climb up a path on the left into the moorland, heading south-east. Continue for 600 m until you reach an altitude of 1377 m. Go through a passage in the barbed wire and take a path on the left that leads almost horizontally to the Col d'Étançon (1365 m).
(7) Then follow the ridge along a path heading east. Pass through the Crêt du Rachat, go around the Crêt de Botte (military zone) on the right, and descend along the small road to the car park located on the pass at the foot of the Crêt de l'Œillon (radio-TV relay station), which is easy to reach.
(8) Head towards the radio-TV relay station. Go around the relay station on the left or right. To the east, you will reach a large cross and an orientation table.
(9) Head downhill towards the northeast on a small path that quickly joins a good track, which you should follow north. Follow this track for 1.6 km until you reach 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 north for about 350 m. You will then find a horizontal path on the right, which you should take for a good hundred metres. This will bring you to a wide forest track, which you should take on the left.
(11) At thethird hairpin bend, leave this road via a path that takes you back to the ridge and descend straight down towards the Collet de Doizieux (inn, car park).
(12) From the small pass, head north-west onto the Jean-Jacques Rousseau path, which descends for 2 km.
(13) When you reach a small road, follow it to the left for 150 m. Leave the road by turning onto a path on the right; cross another road and, at the next fork, take the left. You will end up on 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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