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On the D22 road, between the village of Habère-Poche and the Col de Terramon, take the road leading to the Frastaz chairlift (signposted), on the left when descending from the pass, on the right when ascending. Pass the chairlift’s lower station on your left and follow the small road leading to the hamlet of La Glappaz. In the hamlet, continue straight on (the road leading up to the left towards the chalets is closed to traffic) and, after a right-hand bend, you will reach a junction. Turn left towards the car park and the Auberge de Miribel: the car park is at the end of the road.
Signposts are provided at all major junctions. From time to time, you’ll come across signposts with yellow arrows; these are mentioned in the description only where necessary.
(S/E) From the car park, follow the alpine track north-westwards, which continues the road towards Combasseran / Le Replan. Climb steadily through the pastures to the pretty chalets of Combasseran. Continue along the track towards Le Replan and, after the last chalet, descend to quickly reach the chalets of Les Ervines.
(1) Head back up and enter the forest. At a fork in the road, take the path on the right. After a short, steep climb, descend gently, leave the forest and reach the hairpin bend on a small tarmac road at a place called Le Replan.
(2) Follow the left-hand branch of the hairpin bend for about a hundred metres, heading uphill towards the Pointe de Miribel. At the end of the tarmac road, take the left-hand hairpin bend onto a path that enters the forest. After a few metres, leave the path and take a track on the right that climbs towards Le Martinet / Miribel. Follow a few hairpin bends and you’ll reach a junction (signpost).
(3) Then take the path on the right towards Miribel. Continue climbing and emerge from the forest. Go through a fence, follow the path – which becomes less clearly marked – and take a right-hand bend (signpost) followed by a left-hand bend. Pass a stone-carved drinking trough on your left and reach a small pass that is not named on the map (the sign says ‘Le Martinet’, but this name refers to the small hill to the north-east).
(4) Then follow a faint track due east across the pastures, towards the Pointe de Miribel. Cross another fence, climb up a narrow gorge and cross yet another fence (with a view of the Pointe Percée opposite).
(5) Turn left towards the clearly visible summit of Pointe de Miribel. At the Fork in the road (signposted “Sous Miribel”), turn left and reach the summit by climbing a few rocky steps.
(6) Begin the descent down the opposite slope and you’ll immediately come to a signpost for “Pointe de Miribel”. Here, there are three possible routes to reach the top of the Way of the Cross:
- Head straight down to the right along a steep, stony path towards Ajon.
- Without losing altitude, follow a track roughly opposite to the right, heading towards the right-hand side of a solitary spruce tree (do not head down towards a small altar visible on the left). This will take you to a survey table. Retrace your steps and descend the stony path towards Ajon (to the left).
- As shown on the map, make your way to the orientation table as described above. Then join a path below on the left and follow it to the right.
(7) Walk down a wide grassy path marked by the stations of the cross. At the calvary (information board), go through a fence and head down a well-marked path that zigzags through the pastures.
(8) At a fork in the road, keep left onto the best-marked path. Head down and turn right at the foot of a cross. Ignore a path branching off to the left and reach the Ajon car park.
(9) Follow the mountain pasture track to the left towards the Col du Creux. Descend gently and ignore a path branching off to the right. At a bend, pass the Fangles chalets. Further on, ignore a path branching off to the right and continue descending through a beech forest. Reach the La Combe chalets at a hairpin bend in the track.
(10) Leave the alpine track and continue northwards along the path leading to the Col du Creux. Pass a group of chalets on the left and enter the forest. After a short descent, climb up a steady slope and finish with a brief descent to the Col du Creux (Canadian-style crossing).
(11) At the pass, follow a grassy path on the left (north-west) along level ground towards Habère-Poche (do not follow a faint track that climbs even further to the left, nor the route towards La Glappaz on the right, which leads well beyond the starting car park). Descend through pastures and scrub to reach the La Glappaz car park (S/E).
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