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(S/E) Start at the small car park in front of the village hall of Fayet-le-Château.
Head to the right, past the war memorial and follow the D337 towards Montmorin (sign).
Take the first road on the right uphill after the curve and along meadows. Continue along the plateau, then cross into the woods passing by the small path to the right at a yellow marking post. Continue to arrive at an intersection in a clearing.
(1) Turn right after taking the time to read a small sign that tells you about the history of the site. Continue between the fenced meadows, enter the wood and continue straight: huge and amazing stacked boulders are visible.
Start the descent which becomes steeper and can become slippery due to the presence of rocks on the ground. At the intersection, turn left, following the direction of the green arrow on the rock.
Leave the path going straight down, and another smaller path that goes to the right on the side. The path descends slightly to a small stream, often dry in hot summer: after this turn right at the intersection.
New slippery descent: sometimes steep and rich in slippery rocks flush with the surface. Arrived in
at the bottom of the descent, turn right to go up the Ricochet valley to the pond of the
Gravel pit.
Head up immediately to the left on the path marked by red paint stains on each side and follow it eastbound on the mound. It overlooks the stream on the left. Continue until you arrive at large slabs of rock strewn across the ground and reach the small stone bridge over the stream.
(2) Cross the bridge and continue uphill. Turn right at the intersection, along the stream that will have to be crossed several times before leaving the wood and continue to the area called "La Gravière". Turn right and pass over the dike of "l'Etang de la Gravière". At the end, take the often muddy little path uphill opposite that turns left. Continue uphill overlooking the pond on the left near a small stream.
(3) Do not cross it but leave the main road to turn right on a narrow path up near the woods which ends in a narrow passage between two fences, culminating in the small village of "Cheix".
(4) Turn left and go down the paved road to an intersection. Turn right, go past a farm and traditional manure pile, cross through Fayet-le-Château, and reach the town hall.(S/E)
