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Parking in front of Malvalette church.
(S/E) Walk up the main street through the village. At the exit near the cemetery, you will come to a three-way junction with three branches. The left branch is the D463 road and the right branch is a path that descends gently.
(1) Take the middle branch, which runs alongside a property and climbs steeply. You will soon reach the Calvary; continue along this track, which climbs quite steeply. The slope levels out and you will walk alongside the D463, which you took at the start, for more than 500 metres. Finally, leave the road and take the track to reach the hamlet of Le Cros.
(2) In the hamlet, go up the small access road that joins the D463. Take it on the right for about 400m and turn right at the bend onto the path that climbs up through the meadows. This path leads to the hamlet of Clavières. Cross the hamlet and go up the access road to the D463, which you will rejoin. Turn right and then very quickly leave it at the bend.
(3) Turn right into a copse onto a path that climbs steeply. This path leads back to the D463. Cross it to find an orientation table where you can enjoy the view of the Haute-Loire.
(4) Descend to the left along a grassy path that joins the D463; after a few metres, you will reach a sharp left-hand bend. Leave the road descending to the left and take a wide, paved track opposite that descends gently. You will reach a three-way junction.
(5) Leave the track and take a path on the right through the meadows, which descends more quickly as it joins the forest. You will reach a small plateau where you will find a path on the left along the contour line.
(6) Take this path and rejoin the wide track you left earlier. Take it on the right; it follows a ridge and leads to a three-way junction.
(7) Leave the track that branches off to the left and take a path on the right. It descends more and more steeply before winding to the left. It then follows a contour line to a valley and climbs back up to join a small road.
(8) Follow this road downhill to the right and, when it turns sharply to the right, leave it and continue straight ahead on a wide track. This track joins the D463.
(9) Cross it to take a yellow-marked path that descends to the right to join a stream. Cross the stream and climb up to the left. You will reach a small road
(10) Cross this road and follow the yellow markings along a path that climbs steadily to the left. Cross the D463 one last time and continue along this path, which leads to Malvalette (E).
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