The Mont Monnet tour

Date of your route : Jun 20, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

signs not in keeping with the environment, starting from the car park...

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Date of your route : Feb 28, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A very beautiful walk, often on tarmac paths...

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Date of your route : Jan 31, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Easy hike with spectacular views and beautiful stone houses

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Date of your route : Oct 14, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

It was a lovely walk; we mostly followed the trails and avoided tarmac roads as much as possible.

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Date of your route : Feb 11, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A lovely walk with beautiful views, but unfortunately too much tarmac road for my liking. After passing marker 4, I turned right onto a path through the woods which took me between markers 6 and 7, all through the woods.

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Date of your route : Aug 17, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

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Hello,

Thank you for your suggestion.
I hope the author of the hike will take it into consideration.

See you soon.

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Date of your route : Sep 29, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

OK for the previous comments, which are all relevant. Magnificent panorama between points 2 and 3.

To limit the amount of tarmac roads between points 3 and 7 while remaining under forest cover, I suggest the following alternatives (the paths are shown) on the IGN map. The moderator will propose them if he deems it appropriate.
1. Before marker 3: in the left-hand bend just before arriving at Chassenoud, take the wide path on the right that climbs uphill; at the top, head to the left of the chestnut grove to find the trail that soon enters the woods (barrier to cross). Follow this trail, which is sometimes poorly marked, as it climbs slightly through the forest. At the first crossroads, take the steep descent to the left towards Combe Chavonne. You will soon come to the wide path that descends from Mont Monnet. Take it to the left for 250 metres until you reach a path that turns sharply to the right. It crosses the thalweg. After a short flat section, the path descends north-east through the forest to the road before marker 5.
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2. At the end of the hairpin bend, after the Chemin de la Fréta has joined the D78, take the path that climbs through the forest towards the Col de Grenouze. This alternative will deprive you of the pretty hamlet of La Vielle Chapelle, but those heading back towards the Rhône can stop there for a break.

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Hello,

The point marked "snake barn" is too far from the fork in the road; simply indicating "take Chemin de la Freta" would suffice.

Thank you for your comment. I will amend the description.

Kind regards

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Date of your route : Aug 25, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A mistake in the description: the snake barn is too far from the fork in the road; simply indicating to take the Freta path would suffice.
Done in very dry weather, so very good despite a little too much road.
Very beautiful views from the parish specific to Brittany.

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Date of your route : Feb 18, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Beautiful views of the Rhône Valley and the other side as well.
In the last section, climbing up to the pass, the path was on the verge of turning into a stream. Bear this in mind if there has been heavy rain.
At point 6, the description mentions the snake barn, which seems incorrect to me (there is no indication of this and it is next to the route on the map).

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Date of your route : Jan 28, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

Mostly small tarmac roads. But that was a plus after this rainy week.
Views of the Rhône Valley, the Vercors and the Belledonne mountain range.

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Thank you, and well spotted, Briac.
I checked the map and L'Hivernerie is indeed on the right. So I corrected the description.
As for the rest, I'll leave it to the author to decide and correct if necessary.

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Date of your route : Sep 25, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Beautiful view of the region and the Rhône in the distance
Average description: the winter garden was on the right, not on the left
Walk signposted at certain junctions
The passage concerning the snake barn is poorly signposted as you have to turn 100 m towards the freta before the barn (and its sign) and not go through it
Too much road, even if there is little traffic

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Date of your route : Jul 30, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

Too much of everything for our taste
Even though there are very few cars.

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