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Start from the car park, Place de la Mairie.
(S/E) Turn left onto Rue de la Mairie, follow it and you’ll reach the crossroads near the Post Office.
(1) Turn right onto Rue du Marché (D238) and walk for about 300 m to the hamlet of Valette.
(2) Leave the road and take the track on the right leading down towards Château de Bessin. You’ll come to a T-junction with a new road.
(3) Turn right onto the road and follow it until the next left.
(4) Turn left, go round the château, pass an old mill and reach a sharp left-hand bend.
(5) At the signpost, leave the road and turn right towards Lamastre - Col de Saint-Genest. A little further on, rejoin the road and follow it to the right as far as Le Barral.
(6) At the Le Barral sign, follow the path to the right towards Les Croisières/le Crestet. Head towards Les Giraudons.
(7) At the Les Giraudons sign, follow the grassy path to the left towards Le Clot. You’ll come out onto a road (D269); follow it to the left for about a hundred metres, then turn right towards Le Clot. You’ll reach the hamlet.
(8) Continue straight on, then turn sharply right to follow the track to a multi-way junction (elevation 691).
(9) Head left for thirty metres, then veer right and head towards Les Bessias (elevation 716).
(10) Turn left, continuing to follow the signs for the Col de Saint-Genest until you reach La Grangette.
(11) Continue to the right until the next four-way junction at Les Horts. Turn right and head for the next junction.
(12) Turn left and head for the multi-way junction at Col de Saint-Genest.
(13) Head straight on towards the hamlet of La Grande Côte. Ignore the turn-offs to the left and head for the La Blachette junction.
(14) Turn sharply right. At the next junction, turn left and continue to the hamlet of La Grande Côte.
(15) Go straight on, then turn left before reaching La Petite Côte. Walk down to the stream, cross it, then turn right to follow it along the right bank. Walk back down towards Gilhoc to the junction you passed on the way out.
(3) Turn right, and follow the route back in the opposite direction to reach the village centre and the town hall car park (S/E).
Visorando Member
Difficult 
Association / Club / Walk leader
Easy 
