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Park near the church in Malbrans.
(S/E) With the church on your left, head north-east then keep left on Chemin de la Vierge. After climbing for 400 to 500 metres, you will reach a crossroads. Take the path on the left that climbs up to La Vierge.
(1) Superb 360° view. Go back down to the crossroads and continue left on the path that ends in the meadow, then follow the path on the right through the forest to the Villers road.
::2: Follow this road to the right until you reach the next crossroads. There, take the short trench opposite that climbs into the forest, then about 100 m higher up, take the forest path on the left which leads to a small meadow.
(3) Cross the meadow to the right and continue along the dirt track to the right, first through the woods and then across the pasture to reach a small road, which you follow to the left for about 500 m. Leave the path that descends to Maisières on your right, continue a little further and cross the meadow on the right to the edge of the woods, where a good forest path leads to the Narpent plateau. Ignore the two paths on the right and after about 500 m, follow a beautiful straight trench on the right that leads to the Narpent cliff.
(4) Superb view over the Loue valley. Then follow a path to the right for 100 m until you reach a plot number 14 sign. Here, a steep path descends into the ravine on the left, leading to Maisières or Notre Dame du Chène. For our route, turn right uphill, with your back to the cliff, to reach a good forest path. Follow it, turning left to leave the Narpent plateau and arrive at a crossroads of four forest paths after passing another path on the left that descends to Maisières-Notre-Dame.
(5) Take the beautiful straight track on the left for 600 to 700 metres. When you reach the meadow, descend to the left into the forest on the track that heads south to reach the edge of the cliff.
(6) Shortly before the cliff, turn right onto a small path (marked with orange circles) that runs along the limestone ledge, offering beautiful views of the valley.
(7) Turn left and walk 30 metres to the cliff to enjoy the view. Then continue left, following the orange markings (cairns) for another 50 metres to reach a good forest path that leads to Marbrans on the right. Continue left towards Maisières. Shortly after the start of the descent, follow the path on the right for 500 metres, which remains on the plateau.
(8) At the crossroads (cairns), descend to the left for 200 metres, then turn right (cairns) onto a path that runs along the limestone ledge again. Pass under the power line and continue along the cliffs.
(9) Make another short detour to the left to enjoy the beautiful view of the Loue valley, Castel Saint-Denis and Mont Poupet in the distance. Then continue along the path for about 800 m.
(10) Ignore the path on the left (not shown on the IGN map) which descends to Scey and take the one on the right which climbs slightly. It soon leads to the meadows which you must cross towards the north-north-east. Go through a gate, remembering to close it behind you, and join a good path which leads back to Malbrans (Chemin de Bellevue).
(11) Leave the path that descends to the right and continue straight ahead to the village, which you can see on the left. Return to the church and the car park (S/E).
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