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On the D22 road, between the village of Habère-Poche and the Col de Terramon, take the road that leads to the Frastaz chairlift (signposted), on the left as you descend from the pass, on the right as you ascend. Leave the chairlift station on your left and follow the small road that leads to the hamlet of La Glappaz. In the hamlet, continue straight ahead (the road that climbs to the left towards the chalets is closed to traffic) and, after a right-hand bend, you will come to a crossroads. Turn left towards the car park and the Auberge de Miribel: the car park is at the end of the road.
Signposts are located at all major intersections. Yellow signposts are located at various points, indicated in the description only where necessary.
(S/E) From the car park, follow the alpine track to the north-west, which continues the road towards Combasseran/Le Replan. Climb steadily between the pastures until you reach 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) Go back up and enter the forest. At a fork, take the path on the right. After a short steep climb, descend gently, leave the forest and reach the hairpin bend of a small paved road at a place called Le Replan.
(2) Follow the left branch of the hairpin bend for about 100 metres, uphill towards Pointe de Miribel. At the end of the tarmac road, turn left onto a hairpin bend onto a path that enters the forest. After a few metres, leave the path and take a trail on the right that climbs towards Le Martinet / Miribel. Follow a few hairpin bends and you will come to a junction (signpost).
(3) Take the path on the right towards Miribel. Continue climbing and leave the forest. Go through a fence, follow the path which becomes less marked, and turn right (signpost) then left. Pass a stone drinking trough on your left and reach a small pass that is not marked 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 path eastwards through the pastures towards Pointe de Miribel. Go through another fence, climb up a narrow pass and go through another fence (view of Pointe Percée opposite).
(5) Then turn left towards the clearly visible summit of Pointe de Miribel. At the fork (signposted "Sous Miribel"), turn left and climb a few rocky steps to reach the summit.
(6) Begin the descent on the opposite slope and immediately reach a signpost for "Pointe de Miribel". Here, there are three options for reaching the top of the Way of the Cross:
- Descend directly to the right on a steep, stony path towards Ajon.
- Continue at the same altitude, following a trail roughly opposite on the right, aiming for the right side of an isolated spruce tree (do not descend towards a small altar visible on the left). This will take you to an orientation table. Retrace your steps and descend the stony path towards Ajon (on the left).
- As shown on the map, follow the same route as above to reach the orientation table. Then join a path below on the left and follow it to the right.
(7) Descend a wide grassy path marked by the columns of the Way of the Cross. At the calvary (information board), cross a fence and descend a well-marked path that zigzags through the pastures.
(8) At a fork, take the less marked path on the right. Cross another fence and descend through a hay meadow (stay on the path). Go around the chalets on the right, then turn left to follow a chalet on your right and a drinking trough on your left, until you reach the Ajon car park.
(9) Follow the mountain track to the left towards the Col du Creux. Descend gently and ignore a path branching off to the right. In a bend, pass the Fangles chalets. Further on, ignore a path branching off to the right and continue descending through a beech forest. You will reach the chalets of La Combe at a hairpin bend in the track.
(10) Leave the alpine trail and continue north on the path leading to Col du Creux. Pass a group of chalets on the left and enter the forest. After a short descent, climb back up a gentle slope and finish with a short descent to Col du Creux (Canadian crossing).
(11) At the pass, follow a flat grassy path on the left (north-west) towards Habère-Poche (do not follow a vague path that climbs further to the left, or the direction of La Glappaz on the right, which ends well beyond the starting car park). Descend between pastures and shrubs to reach the La Glappaz car park (S/E).
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