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You can start from other points along the circular route, but the ‘official’ starting point is at the church car park.
Direction: Leave Hautepierre and finish at the viewpoint.
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(S/E) Opposite the church, turn right to reach a junction. Turn left, walk alongside the football pitch and arrive at a crossroads.
(1) Take the road on the right and do not follow the path. At the Fork in the road, keep to the right, then turn left before continuing straight on to a junction at the edge of a pasture.
(2) Leave the farm track on the left, take the first metal pedestrian/mountain bike gate and enter the forest (metal mountain bike/pedestrian gate). Follow the forest track.
(3) Cross the road and carry on straight ahead to the end of the track. Turn left towards Sémont and the farm gate.
(4) Go through the gate and close it behind you. Then continue straight on until you reach the junction.
(5) Turn left onto the road that leads downhill to a Fork in the road and a timber yard.
(6) Follow the track to the left of this woodpile, following the yellow ‘Circular Route of Hautepierre’ signs. Carry on straight ahead until you reach a forest hut (picnic area available).
(7) Then, follow the path to the left until you reach the edge of the pasture.
(8) Turn right, then left onto the path that climbs into the forest before reaching a road.
(9) Continue along the road to the left before taking a hairpin bend to the left and reaching another Fork in the road with a footpath.
(10) Leave the road and follow the forest path up the steep climb. Then turn left and reach a dirt track after passing the cattle gate.
(11) Take this track towards the telecoms mast and the summit of La Roche (you can make a round trip to admire the view of Mont Blanc and the upper Loue valley).
(12) Continue to the left, then, at the road junction, turn left and then right to return to the church car park (you can stop for a drink at the community café) (S/E).
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