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Car park in front of the Bellefontaine ski lift departure point.
(S/E) Go to the tourist information chalet and follow the signposts for La Brisque and Le Clos, following the Évalude stream on your left.
(1) After the last house on your left, cross the stream and go up into the woods towards Les Mandrillons. After a good hundred metres, turn right and continue along the well-marked path, following the snowshoe signs.
(2) At the edge of the woods, you will see a meadow in front of you with a house on your left about a hundred metres away. In winter, the snowshoe trail takes you across the meadow. If there is no snow, do not trample the grass. Walk along the right-hand side of the woods to the edge of the meadow, then turn left and follow the boundary between the two enclosures (hedges and shrubs). There is no path, just a trail in the grass. Continue to the D18 road.
(3) Cross the D18 road opposite a house on the corner of Route des Lacs. Continue along this road (paved at first, then a dirt track. Yellow markings with directional posts).
(4) At the first crossroads, continue left and join the next one.
(5) Turn right towards "La Roche Bernard". Follow this path uphill, initially through a meadow and then into the forest, until you reach the La Roche Bernard viewpoint (well marked, rutted in places, not difficult but with a 300m elevation gain).
(6) The view from the Roche Bernard viewpoint is spectacular. It offers a view of the two lakes of Bellefontaine and Mortes and truly overlooks the landscape.
After a break, continue towards Roche Champion (markedGR®5red and white + blue and yellow and directional signs). On the way, you will pass a border marker with Switzerland (dated 1649 with the fleur-de-lis of the Kingdom of France).
(7) At Roche Champion, there is a wide view of the surroundings of Chapelle-des-Bois, Mont Noir, Lacs des Mortes and Bellefontaine. Continue towards Chapelle des Bois following the markings, initially following the cliff, then descending a somewhat rough path strewn with rocks. After the woods, you will arrive at a meadow. Ignore the path on the right that leads to Chapelle des Bois. Continue along the main path until you reach a tarmac road called "sous le Risoux" which leads to a house further up (La Madone). Walk up the road.
(8) Just before the house, take the path on the right, crossing the fence via a small bridge. Follow the markings at the start through a meadow and then into the woods. You are now on theGR®5(Grande Traversée du Jura). This path leads to a road, which is tarmac at the start and then becomes a white path, theGR®509. You will pass in front of Aimée's house. After 300 metres, a path on your right will take you between the two lakes. (Well signposted).
(9) Walk to the ford and back. Then continue along the dirt track.
(5) Follow the signs for "La Roche Bernard" and continue straight ahead on Rue des Bagagniers.
(4) At the next crossroads at Sous la Feuillat, turn left, then further on, follow the path that branches off to the right into Le Risoux (marked yellow and blue). This will take you to a tarmac road (Chemin du Risoux, cross-country ski trail in winter).
(10) Walk down this road for 300 metres.
(11) Take a path on the left that enters the forest, following the markings (signpost: Bellefontaine 4.5 km). This well-marked path with directional signs takes you up the ski slopes and then joins theGR®5.
(12) TheGR® 5 descends to the right towards Bellefontaine and crosses the Route des Fontaines.
(13) Cross the Route des Fontaines or D18, turn right and follow the signs to reach the car park (S/E).
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