Montsup via the Bois de Bazourge

Park on Rue du 8 Mai 1945.

(S/E) Setting off from the centre of Saint-Romain-le-Puy, head towards Saint-Marcelin-en-Forez. Follow the railway line, turn right and cross the River Fumeuse. Continue for a further 200 m.

(1) Turn right onto Rue de l’Heurt to reach this hamlet, then turn left onto Rue des Marronniers to go round the woods before entering them.

(2) Head up into the Bois de Bazourges opposite, follow the main path, pass through Bel-Air and continue for about 200 metres.

(3) Turn right into the Bois de Mazenod, then right and twice left until you reach Pécharrat.

(4) Then turn right towards the hamlet of Les Varrats to join a road leading to Fontvial.

(5) At Fontvial, carry on, heading down the D109 towards Saint-Georges-Haute-Ville and pass the quarry on your left.

(6) Before the left-hand bend, at the 484-metre mark, turn left onto the path leading up through the woods, then turn right and then left to reach Les Peyrons at a crossroads with multiple directions.

(7) Follow the D5 to the right for a few metres, then leave it and take the path on the left which climbs up to Montsupt.

(8) At the junction, turn right then immediately left to reach the Montsupt Chapel. Walk round the Pic de Montsupt.

(9) Turn left at a place called l’Abreuvoir, then, 150 metres further on, at the cross, turn left, following the^GR®765.

(10) At Les Genettes, continue along the small road down into the village of Saint-Georges-Haute-Ville.

(11) At the entrance to the village, at the junction, continue downhill to the Statue of the Pilgrim.

(12) At the statue, take the small road (Route des Loubatières) which runs alongside the castle and descends steeply to a four-way junction at a place called Les Loubatières.

(13) Continue along the^GR® 765 East, following the path downwards.

(14) At the end of the path, turn right onto Rue du Huit Mai (S/E).