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Departure at the foot of Mont Chiron on the RD21.
(S/E) Cross the main road and take the small tarmac road opposite.
(1) Take the first path on the left towards Martel. Cross Martel, pick up a small road, cross the Dunière on the small bridge, and reach the hamlet of Lafaurie.
(2) At the hamlet of Lafaurie, take the first road on the left towards the hamlet of Chazalet.
(3) Pass the first house in the hamlet and take the path on the right. Walk about 100 metres, then follow the path that branches off to the left under the stone wall. At each intersection, stay on the path going downhill until you reach a large meadow. Be very careful: at the caravan, the path branches off sharply to the right to join the Dunière.
(4) Cross a small footbridge and continue on the path that climbs up opposite. Look for thePR® markings (white and yellow) on the fence posts, follow them and turn left to reach a small tarmac road. Turn right onto the road towards the hamlet of Dunière.
(5) Just before the transformer, take a path on your left that climbs between orchards and woods. Keep heading south-southeast to reach the D13.
(6) Turn left and then immediately right. Then keep to the right to pass through the lower part of the hamlet of Collanges. Just before the road (D13), leave the path that leads to it on your left and continue on the right to Ranchi. Go straight ahead and go through a small gate: you have just entered a park, so close the gate behind you as there are animals inside.
(7) Quickly take the path on your right that descends to a small river, which you must ford. The path then climbs back up to the D13 at the hamlet of La Chabane. Follow the D13 to the right, heading west, for about 500 metres.
(8) At a bend, take the path on the left that climbs through a chestnut grove and leads to a four-way crossroads where you will find thePR® trail.
(9) Follow it to the right, pass in front of a free-range pig farm in an oak forest and continue straight ahead to a small road. Cross and take the road opposite to reach Saint-Jean-Chambre. Pass in front of the church then turn right to reach a crossroads (cross).
(10) Take the small road opposite (marked in red and yellow bythe GR® de Pays de Vernoux) which quickly gives way to a path. Just before reaching the main road, take the path that descends to the right, goes into the woods and then climbs up to a small road. Follow it to the right and, just before the buildings at Jours, leave it and turn left onto a path towards Croix du Loup.
(11) At the crossroads, follow the small tarmac road to the right. In a bend, just above the Razes house, leave the tarmac road and take the dirt track straight ahead. Continue straight ahead, ignoring the turnings on the left and right, until you reach a new road, which you should follow to the right for about 500 metres. You are now in a fairly dark pine forest.
(12) Take the track on the left, which first descends and then climbs rapidly to lead to the sources of the Dunière.
(13) Continue along the path, which climbs again to the Maison des Mottes.
(14) Turn right, along the fence of the meadow, onto the path that descends gently. At the fork, turn left to overlook the Combe farm and continue to a track just opposite the starting point (S/E).
If you want to go hiking in the area, choose "Les Corniches de l'Eyrieux" on Visorando instead. Happy hiking, everyone. The Ardèche is beautiful!
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