By car, leaving Fréjus, take the DN7 towards Cannes.
At the Col du Testagnier, turn right and park in the car park to the left of the track.
(S/E) At the Col du Testagnier, take the GR®51up towards Mont Vinaigre. You will pass close to the Malpey forest house. Be careful, the GR®51and GR®49run alongside each other for a short distance. You will come to the FRJ9 cistern.
(1) Keep to the left for a few metres and turn right onto the GR®51along the rising path, which leads to a tarmac road that you need to climb for 50m, then turn right again onto the GR®51. Cross the tarmac track again and continue straight ahead, crossing the steps. You will now reach the foot of the radio tower and can see Mont Vinaigre on the right.
(2) Continue along the track on the right. You will come to the tarmac track leading down to the heliport plateau. Turn left onto an ascending tarmac track.
Turn left at the "Belvedere" sign. The highest point is a platform just below Mont Vinaigre.
(3) Continue on the GR®51with some very large rocks at the start. After a long descent, you pass a concrete reservoir and come to a crossroads just before the Maison Forestière de la Duchesse.
(4) At this point, leave the GR®51and take the first track on the right.
This is a fairly wide track (the Route des Cols). You arrive at the Col de l'Aire de l'Olivier (370m) near the FRJ10 cistern.
(5) Turn right onto the tarmac track as far as the Maison Forestière du Malpey.
(6) Now turn right. The Malpey road takes you back to the Col du Testagnier, the starting point for this route (S/E).
