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Starting point and access: small car park at the bottom of Neuvecelle Park.
From Neuvecelle Town Hall, on the edge of the D21, go up Avenue de Verlagny and follow the signs for Parc de Neuvecelle. Finish the journey on a gravel path that leads to the car park, on the right after an isolated house.
Red and yellow markings
The markings are mostly located on dedicated posts that also bear yellow arrows. Directional signs are located at the main intersections.
(S/E) From the car park, enter the park through a metal gate, following the signs for Champange and Meillerie (signpost). Immediately walk along a reed bed on your left, then turn left onto the path. Ignore a path on the left.
(1) At the signpost, make a sharp right turn. Stay on the main path, which winds its way up through shrubbery and wetlands (cattails).
(2) You will come to a small road. Follow it to the left, climbing very steeply. Ignore the access road to the hamlet of Valère on your right.
(3) At a place called Chez Potruz, turn right onto the path towards Pierre Grosse. Pass a chalet (superb view of Lake Geneva) and turn left with the path. A little further on, turn right and walk along a fairly flat path between fenced meadows on your left and the Bois du Pelloux on your right. Turn left at the corner of a meadow and walk up along a stream below on your right. You will rejoin the tarmac road at the foot of a house and, when the road turns right, continue straight ahead on a path.
(4) At the crossroads, turn right onto Chemin des Confins (tarmac), cross Chemin de Pierre Grosse on the right-hand side and go downhill.
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After about 200 metres, ignore the arrow pointing to the left and continue downhill on the small road. Note an abandoned house on the right-hand side and cross a stream in a right-hand bend.
(5) At the intersection that appears shortly afterwards, leave the road (which climbs back up to the left) and continue straight ahead on a stony path that starts at the foot of a large house. Descend into a sparse wood with beautiful views of Lake Geneva. Ignore a path branching off to the left and enter a denser wood. Continue downhill on the wide main path, ignoring all side paths, and pass by the foot of a transmitter. At a signpost, ignore the arrow pointing to the left.
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(6) Immediately after, at a second signpost, take the path on the right. Climb gently up through the woods, following the fenced meadows on your left. Ignore a path on the right and continue on flat ground through the woods (many chestnut trees). Cross a stream, either by wading or on a wooden footbridge, then follow a fence on your left. The path moves away from the fence as it climbs, then descends again. Continue eastwards on the path, which is sometimes poorly marked (follow the signposts carefully).
(7) When a mountain bike trail comes from the right, continue straight ahead on a more clearly marked path. Ignore all the paths branching off to the sides and descend slightly. Cross a small road and continue through the undergrowth on the path opposite. At the next junction, turn right towards Parc de Neuvecelle. Follow the gravel path straight ahead to the park car park (S/E).
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