Les Premiers Sapins: Nodes Circular

Departure from the car park of the old town hall of Nods, in the heart of the village, along the main street.

(S/E) Pass in front of the grocery store (open every morning, including weekends), leave the village and turn left to pass under the national road (tunnel).

(1) Continue and at the intersection take the road on the right.

(2) Pass in front of the Virgin Mary statue, following the road. The return leg of the circular path will be via the path behind the Virgin Mary statue. Leave a fork.

(3) At the crossroads, leave the road via the path that branches off slightly to the right to reach a white path.

(4) Leave the path and follow the forest road on the left until you reach a pasture.

(5) Leave the forest road and take the pasture on the right, crossing it towards the main road, which you should not cross.

(6) At the end, enter the forest on a white path slightly to the left.

(7) At the crossroads, leave the forest road and follow the forest path on the left.

(8) Take the passages to go through the agricultural barriers and pass between the houses, then turn right to reach a crossroads.

(9) Take the path on the left that climbs into the forest.

(10) At the junction by the hunting lodge, take the road downhill to the left. Turn left at the junction and continue straight ahead.

(11) At the intersection, leave the road and take the path on the right that descends to a fork.

(12) Follow the path to the right.

(13) At the trail junction, take the trail on the left and continue to another fork. Turn left until you reach the junction.

(14) Keep to the right and turn sharply left. You will arrive behind the statue of the Virgin Mary that you passed on the way there.

(2) Turn right onto the road and follow the same route you took on the way there to return to the village (S/E).

Refreshments are available at the village grocery store (La from Chez la Pom') a few hundred metres after the start.