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Park in the large car park on the Route de l'Envers du Chinaillon, which is used by skiers in winter.
(S/E) With your back to the stream, head up the Route de l'Arbelay.
(1) At the first junction, turn left uphill onto the Route des Granges du Chinaillon.
(2) At thesecond farm, take the farm track on your left which climbs towards the woods and leads to Arbelay d'en Haut.
(3) As you leave the woods, cross the mountain pasture and take the path known as the Côte, which climbs steeply into the woods. In winter, the route goes round the farm to the north-east, then rejoins the same path.
(4) At La Côte (where the Rosay cable cars arrive), turn right towards the south-west to follow the route of the ski run linking to La Joyère in winter and a footpath in summer. Cross the La Joyère piste in winter or the field in summer to reach the Chemin de la Taverne heading towards Le Croix. Turn right and walk for about a hundred metres to reach the junction between the farm and the chairlift station.
(5) Turn left and gently descend the path towards the Auberge du Croix, heading south-west.
(6) At the Auberge du Croix, turn left onto the Chemin de la Grande Montagne and follow it to the junction with the Route de Covaleux at Les Touillettes: the stone marker is inscribed in Savoyard, Covalo.
(7) At Les Touillettes, follow the path on the left towards Covaleux.
(8) In the hamlet of Covaleux, take the short link on the left between the end of Chemin de Covaleux and the Col de Châtillon path. It is poorly marked as the old path used to run in front of the building on the right. From the end of Chemin de Covaleux, you can see the hiking sign 30 metres above, which you need to reach.
(8) Turn right and head uphill to join the Chemin du Col de Châtillon at the farm of the same name. Turn left to reach the pass.
(9) Head down the farm track. 100 m above the Languières farm, the track veers left and cuts through the woods towards the west. In winter, do not follow the farm track, which turns into a ski run; instead, walk on the left-hand side of it.
At the T-junction, turn right to reach the Lachat chairlift departure point.
(10) Turn left and head down the Route des Outalays.
(11) At the edge of the woods, take the Sentier des Outalays on your left. It emerges further down on the road of the same name. Follow it to the bottom to reach the Route de l'Envers de Chinaillon. Then head down to the left to reach the car park at the start (S/E).
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