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Start at the hamlet of La Cour, near Bozel: access is from the village of Bozel; walk through the village and head up towards Villemartin, then continue towards Mont-Jovet until you reach La Cour. Walk past the hamlet to park in the car park just beyond.
(S/E) Walk back down the road through the hamlet for about 200 metres, then turn right onto the path signposted ‘Mont Jovet via the Bois de la Cour’.
The path climbs alongside fields before entering the forest. It crosses a forest track, which you should follow to the right for about a hundred metres, before turning left back onto the ascending path.
Further up, it crosses a forest track at a right angle, rejoining it shortly afterwards. Follow this track for about 100 m to the right towards Plan des Moutons until you reach the start of the path on the left.
(1) The path climbs to a junction. At this point, you can continue straight on to the right for a shorter route, but it is more interesting to turn left to climb the “Grande Roche”.
(2) From the viewpoint, head down slightly to the north-west for a long traverse along the mountainside until you reach the path coming from Montagny via the Bois des Rottes.
Turn right to climb up through the pastures and join the main path up to Le Jovet, at the signpost below Mont du Challier.
(3) It is possible to climb directly up the slope to Mont du Challier or, more easily, to follow the path northwards and, when it becomes too flat, to leave it and climb up to the left across the grassy slopes onto the ridge of Mont du Challier. There are a few tracks, but these are made by livestock and often criss-cross the terrain. Leave them regularly to make your way up towards the nearby ridge.
On the ridge line, follow the grassy humps to the right, then climb straight up the Dou du Soublet.
(4) Just before the summit, head down to the left to reach the Combe d’Aigue, passing between two lakes and joining the sheep track leading up to the Mont Jovet refuge.
(5) Leave this track quickly and head due north up a path climbing the south-western end of the Dou de Moutiers (elevation 2,447).
From this point, follow the ridge path to the highest point of the Dou de Moutiers.
(6) Descend the path north-north-east towards the Jovet. At the bottom of the descent, do not turn right towards the refuge but continue straight on along a small grassy ridge to its summit (elevation 2,424). There, turn right to descend into the small valley and cross as the terrain dictates to rejoin the correct path leading up to Mont Jovet from the refuge.
(7) Climb the switchbacks of the path leading to the western ridge and then on to the summit itself (orientation table).
(8) From the summit, take the ridge path eastwards, which descends to the Pas des Brebis, continues along the Crête des Étroits to the Col du Bécoin, then climbs up the Roc du Bécoin via its western ridge.
(9) Descend the south-eastern ridge to the Col de la Lovatière.
(10) Turn right to cross beneath the western flank of the Roc des Verdons and join the path of a ski run descending towards Champagny. Ignore the track coming from the left.
(11) Immediately afterwards, head straight south towards the Petite Forcle to reach the clearly visible Bozelet area and its chapel.
(12) From the chapel, head back towards the path to the south, skirting the Mont de la Guerre on the left. It veers south-west to pass beneath the Mont de la Guerre and, after a bend to the right, arrives at the junction near the Croix de la Porcière.
(13) At the crossroads, 50 metres from the cross, leave the path leading down towards Champagny and head due west into the Tincave Forest. Descend via numerous hairpin bends to the Bois de Tincave forest track.
(14) Take this level track to the right. It crosses several streams before returning to the hamlet of Mirabozon.
(15) Continue along the gravel track which crosses meadows, joins the path leading down from the refuge, crosses the Ruisseau du Jovet and heads south back to La Cour (S/E).
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