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Park in the car park in the village of Soyans (Talon), opposite the school playground.
(S/E) Walk a few metres towards the church, then turn left onto Chemin des Bessons, which starts at the corner of the school building. At the three-way junction, turn left, after the right-hand bend, ignore Chemin de la Raye on your left and continue straight ahead until you reach a 90° left-hand bend at the top of the hill.
(1) Leave the tarmac and take the grassy path on the right, almost in line with the road. Continue uphill, ignoring the side roads on either side, until you come to a crossroads.
(2) Continue straight ahead, climbing for about 100 metres in the more open section, generally following the centre of the road on an old, barely visible track.
At the cross path, just before the track climbs up a slope, turn left at an acute angle, almost horizontally. Join a path in the hollow of a small valley.
This part of the circuit allows you to bypass the private property on your left.
(3) Continue opposite, along this small sunken path which starts off and continues along the mountainside. You will reach the start of a path descending to the left, near an old meadow, visible below.
(4) Descend to the left along this path which runs alongside the meadow and continues through the undergrowth on the side of the valley (viewpoint almost at the end). Reach the ridge and climb a few metres.
(5) At the path, continue straight ahead following the ridge, ignore a path on the right and continue along the summit until you reach a fork (signpost "Col des Panaulières").
(6) Ignore the paths and head left, downhill, on the well-marked trail. Join a cross path and follow it to the left. Walk along a meadow, then arrive at an inverted Y-shaped fork.
(7) Turn right at an acute angle and follow the path to an old meadow at the top of the climb. Immediately turn left onto a path that enters the woods. You will quickly reach a path and a cultivated field on your left.
Turn right into the woods, then follow a field on your right and enter the woods again. Continue for a few metres until you find the start of a path on your right.
(8) Follow this path to reach the Trois Croix with the orientation table.
(9) From the Trois Croix, after enjoying the view, turn around and return to the previous fork.
(8) Turn right onto a wide path that goes around the shoulder and returns to the other side, passing in front of the ruins of a castle. Reach the fork at the end of the fence, at a water catchment area.
(10) Continue straight ahead on the path that climbs slightly and ignore the signpost (yellow cross). Walk along a second water catchment area below, ignore the access to an old meadow on the left, then start climbing a steeper slope and you will quickly reach a small plateau. Follow the path, which tends to narrow a little, and after a wide bend to the left and a short, slightly dry climb, you will reach the summit (viewpoint).
Continue along the descending trail and join a junction. Approach the second trail on the right.
(11) Follow this path and rejoin the route taken on the way up (signpost "Col des Panaulières").
(6) Take the path on the left that descends alongside the old meadow below. Rejoin the route taken on the way up at the path descending to the right.
(4) Continue straight ahead and follow the path in the opposite direction until you reach the bottom of the valley.
(3) Leave the path opposite and continue on the path to the right, ignoring a path on the right and exiting the woods (viewpoint). At the next crossroads, take the path on the left that runs alongside the road and rejoin the route you took on the way there a few metres after the entrance to the house (private property) on your left.
This part of the circuit allows you to bypass the private property at the start on the right.
(2) Turn right and follow the same path back to the village of Soyans (Talon) (A/D).
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Tourist office
