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Park in the small square between the town hall and the church in Chanéac.
The route is fully signposted, mostly in yellow and white, sometimes in yellow.
(S/E) Join the road that crosses the village and take it to the right, heading south-west until you reach the information board for the cabin route.
(1) Start the climb to the right of the house with this route. Join a small road, follow it to the left for a few dozen metres, then take the marked path that climbs to the right. It joins a sandy track that you take to the left. This will take you to a crossroads at the top of an access road.
(2) Take the path that climbs to the right. Gradually leave the cover behind and cross a large area of broom. The path turns into a track, then a road, near the Chauvet farm, and reaches a pass on a wide grassy ridge.
(3) Continue along this road, which crosses the hamlet of Serres, begin to descend, then find a track on the right.
(4) Continue along this track, which climbs and turns sharply to the right to reach the ridge after a few hairpin bends.
(5) Turn left and take the track that climbs along the ridge, before avoiding it on the left and then on the right.
(6) Shortly after passing a water catchment, turn left following the markings to walk along the forest and reach the ridge line again. Continue along the gently sloping path (a series of gentle descents and ascents) to reach a crossroads at an altitude of 1,200 metres.
(7) Take the track on the left that descends and turns into an access road near the village of Échamps. Cross the D378 to reach the village's recycling bins.
(8) Descend opposite, cross Échamps and continue on a small straight road, which runs along the right side of a vast flat area, very rare here, which is the Échamps maar.
(9) When the road veers right and uphill, leave it for the track that branches off slightly to the left and enters the Borée National Forest. The track crosses the forest and descends to join a road, which you follow straight ahead.
(10) Go up the road to a pass at the foot of the Soutron rock.
(11) Continue along the road to the hairpin bend and take the path that continues straight ahead on the ridge. Follow this path and, at a crossroads, do not descend to Treynas but continue to the right and reach the hamlet of Roche Besse.
(12) Cross the small road and walk along the top of the hamlet, then climb up to reach a pass between two knolls. Descend opposite, cross a scree slope and exit the forest.
(13) Continue along the ridge and leave it on the left to reach a crossroads.
(14) Leave the path on the right to descend gently, then more steeply through a chestnut forest. The path levels out, turns into a track and crosses the Azette stream via a bridge.
(15) Climb up opposite, join the road and follow it to the village of Chanéac and the car park (S/E).
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