Parking is available in the large car park at a place called Le Clos.
(S/E) From the car park, head north towards the football pitch to reach the Travers junction, in the top right-hand corner of the car park.
(1) Take the road opposite heading north until you reach the 90° left-hand bend.
(2) Follow the road as it climbs up the hillside towards Roche Colombe. After the bench (view of the village), you’ll come to a bend.
(3) Leave the road and continue straight on towards the large rocky outcrop known as La Poupoune. The path leads to the foot of the spur. Climb up the rocky section, go round La Poupoune on the left and reach the top of the cliffs.
(4) Turn left again; the path gradually heads westwards. Climb through the beech forest, emerge from the woods and reach the first rocky summit. Continue along the ridgeline, pass a second rocky outcrop, then shortly afterwards reach the true summit at 886 m (marker, cairn and bench).
(5) Continue along the path – which is sometimes hard to make out – along the ridge through the beech forest. The descent becomes steeper. The path becomes steep and rocky before emerging at the Pas de l’Échelette (alt. 710 m).
(6) Cross the Pas de l’Échelette (rocky sections fitted with a metal ladder). The path heads left at the foot of the cliffs. Sometimes barely visible in the woods, it descends gently, skirting the Roche Colombe. Ignore all paths to the right and leave the forest. Continue along the wide track which passes just above a farm and reaches a junction.
(7) Continue left along the track and, at the next junction, head down to the right along the gently sloping, narrow path through the undergrowth. Further on, it turns left. Follow the track southwards (at the edge of the woods, with a view of La Poupoune) and keep heading in the same direction before emerging at the edge of the field, below the Ferme des Blaches.
(8) Turn right to go round the field. At the Les Blaches junction (elevation 457), carry straight on along the track and then the small road. It makes two sweeping bends, first to the left and then to the right, before reaching a water intake.
(9) Just before the water intake, take the path on the left. Continue straight on along the road until you reach the Les Travers crossroads (alt. 335 m).
(1) Walk past the football pitch and return to the car park (S/E)