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From the D1504, exit towards Argis at the roundabout and immediately turn right to find parking spaces along the Albarine, on either side of a footbridge.
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(S/E) Return to the roundabout, go around it on the right and take the bridge over the road and railway line. On the other side, note the signpost and, among other things, a blue sign, not very recent, which you should follow for most of the hike.
Blue markings
Follow the small road on the right towards Le Mortier. Ignore a path on the right, continue on the road, then on the path that extends it. You will arrive at a street in Le Mortier.
(1) At marker 433 with directional signs, follow the street to the right towards Plateau de Suerme. The street continues along a path at marker 434, continue towards Arandas. Ignore a path on the right at marker 435, then, shortly after, in front of a private property, follow the path that branches off to the right. Cross a road and continue on the path opposite. You will arrive at the first house in Averliaz, at a path junction with no obvious signposts.
(2) Continue straight ahead for a few metres, then pass under some barbed wire to reach a street at a marker. Turn right, then at the next intersection (Averliaz marker), follow the street to the right. Continue along this very small balcony road (we didn't see a single vehicle) until you reach a hairpin bend to the left.
(3) Leave the road and follow the path that goes straight ahead. Further up, you will arrive at a field. Keep to the right and follow the edge of the field until you come to a fence.
(4) Turn left, following the fence, onto a grassy but well-marked path with views to the west. Much further on, pass a hut and then, just after, ignore the small road that turns sharply left at the Croix de Suerme. Continue for another 150 m until you reach a crossroads with directional signs.
(5) A few metres before the signs, take the path on the left, along the fence of a meadow, for a round trip to a viewpoint. In front of the entrance to the field, turn left onto a grassy path to reach an open space at the top of the cliff. Take care.
(6) Turn around.
(5) Back at the directional signs, follow the signs for Indieux, keeping to the far left. Further on, the path becomes tarmac. Shortly afterwards, you will come to an intersection.
(7) Continue left on the small road, ignoring the path on the right. You will arrive at a large concrete area, at the Combe Chavat marker. Leave the blue markings and follow the blue and white markings, which are also not very recent.
Blue and white markings
(8) Continue along the path that branches off to the left. At the intersection, at marker 440, turn right towards Arandas and you will come to a road.
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(9) The markings indicate that you should follow the path down the other side of the road to cut across a bend in the road. This path was impassable when we were there. So continue along the road (D104, very little traffic) on the left. Follow the bend to the right of the road at a drinking fountain. Further on, you will find blue and white signposts coming from the right, inviting you once again to take a shortcut via a path on the right, which is just as impassable as the first. So continue along the road.
(10) At the next hairpin bend, a sign indicates "Accès à la Madone, 200 m" (Access to the Madonna, 200 m). Follow this path to the right for a round trip to this new viewpoint. When you reach a sign indicating the very steep path to the statue, take care.
(11) Retrace your steps.
(10) Back on the road, follow it to the right to reach the hamlet of Pavaz. Turn right onto the street just before the sign marking the entrance to the hamlet. Look for the blue and white markings. Note and update: it seems preferable here to continue straight ahead on the road to find a small road in the hairpin bend that crosses the outward route and turn right to reach Le Mortier.
Blue and white markings
At the intersection a few metres further on, turn right.
(12) At the end of the street, do not continue along the path, but follow the trail on the left. It was barely passable when we were there (alternative: stay on the road (D104) which crosses the hamlet and continues downhill in a series of hairpin bends). After crossing a ditch, join the road (still the D104) and follow it to the right. After a right-hand bend, then a left-hand bend, another shortcut plunges down to the left, which is also barely passable (alternative: continue along the road then take the first left). Fortunately, you will soon reach a road and follow it to the left to return to Le Mortier and an intersection you already passed on the way there, at the Le Mortier signpost.
Blue markings to the bridge
(1) Turn right towards Argis and return to the car park on the banks of the Albarine, following the same route as on the way there (S/E).
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