Country:
District:
Park in the large car park at Col de Moissière.
(S/E) Take theGR®50trail, which starts at the far end of the car park and heads west. Go through the barrier and continue along this path.
(1) Turn left at the signposts, continuing to follow theGR®50.
(2) Go around the Cabane de Faudon, where you can spend the night if you wish (there are four relatively clean beds). Reach the summit of Chatégré and its retention basin.
(3) Continue on theGR®50, which is also a ski slope in winter.
(4) Leave the main path and continue opposite (yellow markings) towards Saint-Philippe. The path turns into a rocky trail where you may need to use your hands, but without any major difficulty. Arrive at the summit of Saint-Philippe where there is a cairn cross. This site is the location of an ancient medieval fort, probably built in the 11th century according to studies carried out on site. Its destruction dates back to the 13th century. It overlooks the ruins of the village of Faudon.
(5) From Saint-Philippe, descend via the same rocky path to the fork you passed on the way up.
(4) Take the path on the right that descends to a spring with three metal drinking troughs and then reaches Lake Faudon.
(6) Go around the lake on the left and continue along the path downhill to the main road. Take it on the left, going around Faudon, and return to the Col de Moissière car park (S/E).
Visorando member
Very difficult 
Difficult 
