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Coming from the south on the D 1086, just before entering Condrieu, you will find the village of Vérin and, on the right, on the banks of the Rhône, a small car park and a children's playground. Park in this car park and the hike starts from this point
(S/E). Leave the car park towards the village of Vérin, crossing the road with caution as it is very busy. On the other side of the road, head south along the village houses. From here, you will see brown and white signposts.
Brown and white signpost
Continue through the village along Rue Jean Vincent until you reach a small bridge over a stream (the Vérin). After crossing the bridge, turn right immediately and follow the signs into Rue Béatrice de Rousseau. After passing under the railway line through a tunnel, the tarmac road ends and continues as an uphill dirt track. Continue along this path, following the signs.
The dirt track ends at a tarmac road and a hamlet (Croix Margot). Follow this road for about 100 metres until you reach a cross on the left on a wall.
(1) At this intersection, turn right (Impasse du Bois) and go uphill. The paved section ends and continues as a dirt track. Follow the brown and white signposts. At the end of the dirt track, you will reach a paved road and a hamlet (l'Olagnière). Continue straight ahead on this road until you reach an intersection with a dirt track where there is a signpost.
(2) At the hiking signpost (l'Olagnière), leave the road and take the dirt track uphill. Pass a hiking signpost and take the path on the left. Continue along this path, following the same signs. You will come to a tennis court on the right where the dirt track ends and continues as a road. Continue straight ahead on this road.
(3) Pass the iron cross on your left and continue straight ahead on the road. You will arrive at an intersection where you will see a pond on your right. At this intersection, there is a hiking signpost. Continue along the pond, then about 50 metres after this intersection, take a dirt track on the left, uphill, where you will find another hiking signpost.
(4) Continue uphill, leaving the signpost on your right, and after about 100 metres, pass under a high-voltage line near an electricity pylon. A few metres further on, you will come to a crossroads. Here, you can either follow the brown and white markings, which will ensure you are on the right path but are muddy and slippery in wet weather, or take a narrow grassy path on the left, which runs parallel and leads to the same place but has numerous branches to the right and left.
At the end of the dirt track, you will come to a road. Follow this road to the right. Continue along this road for about 50 metres until you reach a junction, then turn left (Impasse des Cavettes). Continue along this road, ignoring the road on your left. The paved section ends and continues as a dirt track. Follow the signs straight ahead. The track leads to a paved road, which you should take on the right (Chemin de Saint-Aldon, then Route de Saint-Michel).
End of brown and white signposts
(5) When you reach this point, turn right. Please note that from this point onwards, you will no longer see brown and white markings. There are yellow and white markings at this point, but they are unreliable. At the next intersection, continue straight ahead on a slight downhill slope, then after a slight uphill slope, you will arrive at an intersection where you should turn right and continue slightly uphill. Ignore a path that branches off to the right and then another one a few metres further on to the left to arrive at an intersection where there is a hiking signpost.
(6) At this signpost, turn right through some undergrowth. The dirt road then ends and becomes paved in the hamlet of Métrieux.
(7) Cross this hamlet, continuing straight ahead. When you reach a crossroads with a cross, take the main road on the left. Be careful, as this road is busy. Walk along the side of this road for about 150 m, leaving a wide path on your right and a narrower path on your left, until you reach the next intersection with a signpost.
(8) At this signpost (La Rivoire), turn right. Follow this path until you reach a paved road. Cross this road, making a small right/left turn to take the dirt road opposite. Continue along this road until you reach a paved section. The road then leads to a larger road where you continue, keeping to the right. Continue along this road for about 100 metres until you reach an intersection with another signpost (La Pélarie).
(9) Turn right, then after about 50 metres, turn onto the dirt track on the left. There is also a hiking signpost at this point. Continue straight ahead on this track, ignoring a track on the left. Continue until you reach a paved section (route du Flachat) and continue straight ahead on this road, ignoring the road that branches off to the left. Stay on this road until you reach a larger road, which you should cross to head towards the hamlet of Les Murettes. From this point, you will see brown and white signposts.
(10) Cross this hamlet along the houses on your left, and at the last house, continue straight ahead on a grassy dirt track. Follow this track for almost a kilometre until you reach a tarmac road. Follow this road to the right until you reach an intersection after passing a tall cypress hedge.
(11) At the end of this hedge at the intersection, take the road on the right. Here you will find a signpost indicating "grande traversée du Rhône" (great crossing of the Rhône). You will find this sign at the following intersections along part of the route. Continue along this straight road until you reach a crossroads where you should turn right. Continue along this road for about 100 metres, then turn left. The paved section ends and continues as a winding dirt road downhill.
(12) This dirt track ends at a paved section where you should turn left. Continue down this road until you reach an intersection with a hiking sign.
(13) Leave the paved road and take a dirt road on the left to continue straight downhill. Then, about 500 m further on, the road will wind downhill, making hairpin turns. After the first hairpin turn to the left, leave the road that branches off to the right, almost in the opposite direction, and continue downhill. At the second hairpin bend turning right, do not go straight ahead, but take this hairpin bend on the right. (These last two junctions are not shown on the map).
At the bottom of the descent, cross the small bridge over the stream (the Vernon). Then follow the stream to an intersection. On the left is a large white building (a retirement home) and on the right is a small footbridge that crosses the stream again. Take this footbridge to follow the stream. Continue straight ahead to pass under the railway line through a tunnel (Sentier Jean-Jacques Rousseau). You will arrive at the main road. Cross it carefully and take the street directly opposite (Rue Beau Rivage). Pass the entrance to the Beau Rivage hotel and restaurant.
(14) Turn left to reach the banks of the Rhône, on the Via Rhôna. Continue along the Rhône until you reach a footbridge over a branch of the river. After crossing the footbridge, continue for about 100 metres until you reach the car park where you started (S/E).
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