Maisonette - the Rivollier via the relay antennae

Date of your route : Dec 24, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

Enjoy your hike

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Date of your route : Dec 15, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful hike through a stunning snow-covered landscape with beautiful views.

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Date of your route : Dec 19, 2022
Reliability of the description : Not used / Not applicable
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Took this route on a mild winter's day with a strong southerly wind.
Beautiful views.
No difficulty in following the route: I've given up reading hike descriptions since I've been using Visorando on my phone; the GPS positioning with the route traced on the IGN base map avoids any mistakes; some would say cheating :-)
The only fault I've already mentioned is that there's a lot of tarmac, which gave us an advantage on Monday, the day of the thaw, when the paths were very muddy.
In conclusion, I'd like to thank Visorando and the visorandonneur who published this route.

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Date of your route : Mar 28, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

The route is well signposted on the whole, but there is an error in the description (6) "continue to Paris".
you should not arrive at Paris (cul de sac).

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Date of your route : Apr 07, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

Hello,
A pleasant walk! The views are magnificent. A bit too much tarmac. At no. 7 we followed the Paris signs but went downhill to go back up. The description needs to be changed. I'd put it better as follows: "When you reach the bottom of the path at the junction with the road, go off at a right angle onto the path that climbs to your left and passes by the farm. Thanks for the next
Mireille

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Date of your route : Dec 11, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Nice little walk but too much tarmac on the 2nd part of the route. We were able to avoid some of the tarmac by leaving the circuit just after the stud farm towards Greloup and going left on a good track that climbs into the woods, then descends to the right to rejoin the circuit at no. 8 (thus avoiding the hamlet of Chez Paris, at no. 7).
I didn't see Mont Blanc today, but I did get some good views of Forez and Pilat.

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Date of your route : Nov 28, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Nice route on the plateau with a beautiful view of the Forez and Pilat plains, then in fine weather a great view of Mont Blanc.

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Date of your route : Oct 26, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Good but a bit too much bitumen

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Date of your route : Sep 07, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

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Date of your route : Aug 03, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Circuit inaccuracies between 5 and 7

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Date of your route : Jun 08, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A route with good visibility throughout the walk
It's a pity that almost half the walk is on tarmac.
Sincerely serge

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Date of your route : Feb 09, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A short winter walk in the fresh air and magnificent scenery. Quite a wide view of the Monts du Lyonnais, the Forez plain, St Etienne, the Gier valley and, in the background, the Alps.
On a small part of the route, the signs on the ground have been removed by a fairly large cut of wood.
The small signs, initially placed on the remaining stumps, are gradually being blown away by the wind, etc...
But this is not a major problem.

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Date of your route : Mar 04, 2019
Reliability of the description : Not used / Not applicable
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

We struggled to find the start and got it wrong once. The map helped us a lot. It's a very pleasant walk with magnificent views on a clear day. Yesterday, a view of the snow-covered Alps.

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Date of your route : Jan 15, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Small problem at "Chez Paris".
Don't go as far as the place called Paris, but take the wide path up opposite the "VOUTA" cross (name marked on the base of the cross).
The tarmac from point 4 to the finish is a bit much.
A pleasant walk nonetheless. We'll be going back.
You can also set off from the centre of Saint-Héand and reach the starting point via the Belvedere overlooking the village, which is about 4km further.

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Date of your route : May 07, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Same comments as Bernard and Domy... everything is fine up to point 7. The place known as Chez Paris is lower and has no exit, and the sharp left turn is taken as soon as you reach the route des Baraques (not to be taken).
Point 8 is also confusing because the Pré Thévenet sign appears several times, and the one we followed took us back to the base stations on the outward journey, so we had to branch off via Le Jarrot to get back to the route via Maisonnette and back to the start. This unintentional alternative had the advantage of reducing the "tarmac" part of the route... so no regrets (JLB42650).

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