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Start from the Pré Grandemange car park.
(Out and back) Follow the road heading north-west towards Pré de la Grange (Green Ring). Pass the houses and, at the junction, take the sharp right-hand bend to follow the Hats route (Green Ring + Red Disc). At the next junction, turn left.
(1) At the T-junction, go straight on towards L’Étang Sauvaget (Red Disc). Stay on the main, signposted path and ignore all side paths.
(2) At the junction, carry on straight ahead (Red Disc), ignore a turn-off on the left and you’ll soon reach a three-way junction.
(3) Then turn left and, at the next junction, go straight on (Blue Cross). Take a few bends along a wide path.
(4) As you emerge from a sharp left-hand bend, leave the track and take an uphill path to the right (Blue Cross). You’ll come out onto a tarmac road; follow it to the right for about thirty metres. Then take a path that climbs to the right (Blue Cross). You’ll come out onto a road (cross) and follow it to the left.
(5) At a hairpin bend to the left, leave the road and turn right onto a track heading towards the Col de Longeroye (still marked ‘Blue Cross’). Ignore a turn-off on the left and continue to a crossroads.
(6) Turn sharply right towards La Houbette / Les étangs (Yellow Ring).
(7) At La Houbette, take the road leading down to the right towards the ponds (Red Saltire). Reach the north-western tip of the Étang de la Besace.
(8) Follow the road straight on (Red Cross). At the junction, turn right and, when the road bends to the right, follow a path to the left until you reach the Grand Étang. Retrace your steps.
(8) Continue straight on, skirting Étang de la Besace on your left (Red Cross). At the far end of the pond, at the crossroads at elevation 689, turn right onto a path leading towards the Pont des Rondins (Blue Triangle).
(9) Leave the track and take a path on the right (Blue Triangle). Keep parallel to the River Le Ravage, which lies below on the left.
(10) At the Fork in the road, take the left-hand path and head down to the Pont du Rondin. Retrace your steps.
(10) Then turn sharply left towards the Étang du Sauvaget (Red Disc).
(11) Cross the Ruisseau du Thibieu and continue westwards along the main path (Red Disc). The path turns north and ends at a junction you passed on the way there.
(3) Turn left and immediately ignore a path branching off to the right.
(2) At the next junction, veer left (Green Ring) and carry on straight ahead to the starting point (S/E).
and we don't spend as much time on this type of path. A varied hike, forest, lake, blackberry and mushroom picking, which slowed down the pace of the hike! A lovely hike, very pleasant in summer as there is a lot of forest. It's just a shame about the number of trees on the ground due to the spruce bark beetle...
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