Les Feytas

In the Drôme des Collines, at Saint-Laurent-d'Onay, a lovely circular route that alternates between woodland, countryside and hilltops (known as ‘faite’, ‘feste’ or ‘feyta’ in the south-east). Beautiful views of the Vercors.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 15.83 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 5h 25 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 319 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 324 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 492 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 351 m

Description of the walk

Park in the car park by the town hall and church.

(S/E) Walk past the church on your right, then turn left onto the street leading up to the cemetery. At the corner of the cemetery, turn left onto the road and continue straight on to the hamlet of Les Brosses.

(1) Turn right onto a path through the woods until you reach the D155. Turn left onto it until you reach the Bois des Brosses junction.

(2) Head down to the right along a path running alongside a clearing in the woods until you reach a small meadow, then cross the field to the bottom of the valley.

(3) Cross the Chalon then head back up via a path through the woods.

(4) At the top, at the Font Chapelans junction, turn onto the track on the right. Keep going straight on until you reach the Chemin de la Feyta, then continue straight on to join the D867.

(5) Follow it for about 150 m, then turn onto the track on the right and continue straight on.

(6) At the Côte Velay crossroads, turn right.

(7) At the Bellefont crossroads, turn left and carry on straight ahead until you reach the Bois Brûlé fork.

(8) Turn right and head for the Bois de Barbarai crossroads.

(9) Turn right and head down through the woodland, then cross the meadow on the right and take the path to the houses at Combe de Vaux.

(10) Continue along the road opposite and go straight on until you reach the D155 (bridge).

(11) Follow the road to the left. At the large farm at Bourret, head up the road to the right to the Razey junction.

(12) Follow the road to the right and then quickly take a dirt track to the left. At the fork a little further on, turn left into the woods. Return to the tarmac and continue to the D867.

(13) Head up the road to the right to the top of the hill. At the bend, leave the road via the path on the left. Leave the track that runs between two meadows to continue along the path opposite, at the edge of the woods. Reach the Diolin crossroads.

(14) Turn left. Be careful, as the path is not very visible: walk along the edge of a property bordering a field for 150 m before rejoining the signposted route and heading downhill.

(15) At the next crossroads, follow the second path on the right and cross the Bois de Bèze. You’ll come out onto a cross-country path.

(16) Turn left, cross the stream, then head towards the road. Walk back up to Saint-Laurent-d'Onay and reach the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 385 m - Town Hall / Church car park
  2. 1 : km 1.2 - alt. 471 m - Les Brosses
  3. 2 : km 1.98 - alt. 488 m - Crossroads at the Bois des Brosses
  4. 3 : km 2.6 - alt. 430 m - Châlon (rivière) - Affluent de l'Isère
  5. 4 : km 3.32 - alt. 492 m - Font Chapelans
  6. 5 : km 5.56 - alt. 484 m - D867
  7. 6 : km 7.08 - alt. 482 m - Velay Coast
  8. 7 : km 7.52 - alt. 481 m - Bellefont
  9. 8 : km 8.11 - alt. 472 m - Bois Brûlé
  10. 9 : km 8.47 - alt. 467 m - Bois de Barbarai
  11. 10 : km 9.37 - alt. 392 m - Combe de Vaux
  12. 11 : km 9.76 - alt. 352 m - D155
  13. 12 : km 10.55 - alt. 419 m - Razey
  14. 13 : km 12.04 - alt. 432 m - D867
  15. 14 : km 13.63 - alt. 465 m - Diolin crossroads
  16. 15 : km 14.04 - alt. 437 m - Crossroads
  17. 16 : km 15.5 - alt. 355 m - Crossing path, on the left
  18. S/E : km 15.83 - alt. 385 m - Town hall/church car park

Notes

Yellow markings.

Worth a visit

Forest setting.
Panoramic views of the Vercors range, the Romanaise plain and the villages of the Drôme des Collines.

Reviews and comments

4.2 / 5
Based on 6 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.3 / 5
Ease of following the route
4 / 5
Route interest
4.3 / 5
Bondom59
Bondom59

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 19, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

We’d planned to cross the Chalon at point three, but we got our feet wet.

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Montluet Yvette
Montluet Yvette

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 07, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

It’s a shame that the description didn’t mention there’s no footbridge across the Chalon; we had to turn back and take a long detour along the road to get back on our original route, which meant we ended up walking over 20 km instead of 15 km

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faure denise
faure denise

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 20, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

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marcheurs07
marcheurs07

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 13, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant walk. Lovely views of the snow-capped mountains. It’s a shame there’s a bit too much tarmac.

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olivierdemeusy
olivierdemeusy

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 28, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A hike with no technical difficulties but very pleasant in fine weather. Lots of sections along ridges. Perhaps a bit too many tarmac roads, but never mind...
Follow the route description very carefully or use a GPS, as the signposting can be misleading because many trails cross and criss-cross each other.
In any case, it’s really nice.

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pallandre chantal
pallandre chantal

Overall rating : 2.7 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 21, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Not enough explanation.
Errors in the layout.
You need to make use of existing infrastructure: wind turbines, solar panels, etc.

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