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Park along the north side of the church in La Chapelle-Villars, which is a pleasant place to park when it is very hot.
Please note: this route is not marked.
(S/E) Take a small road to the east, the Chemin du Pras. Pass close to the Château de Villars. The road turns south. At the next house, turn right onto the Chemin de la Vieille Chapelle. Continue along this road until you reach the village of La Vieille Chapelle.
(1) Turn right onto the Col de Grenouze road. Shortly afterwards, as the road begins to curve to the right, leave it and take a path through the woods on the left. Ignore a path on the left. Further on, ignore a path on the right and then, just after, continue along the edge of the woods. You will come out onto a road at the Col de Grenouze.
(2) Turn left onto the road for a few metres, then turn left onto a path. At the next fork, turn left. Turn left again at the intersection just after, then left again at the next junction and, just after, at the three-way junction, continue to the right.
(3) Further on, ignore a path on the left and go around Mont Ministre on a wide path. Ignore another path on the right, then on the left, to reach Col de Pavezin.
(4) Turn onto the road on the right and immediately take the path on the left (Chemin du Col), between the houses. Continue along the small road that extends it and, at the intersection, turn left to immediately come out onto a road, the Route de la Chartreuse, at a cross.
(5) Take this road to the right for just a few metres before turning left onto a path (Chemin des Chavannes). At the next fork, turn right towards the house and continue to the crossroads.
(6) Continue straight ahead on the small Route de la Challe. Continue along this road, passing in front of the hamlet and continuing to an intersection.
(7) Continue right to a crossroads with the D78 at La Conty. Continue on the path opposite, which further on makes a hairpin bend. Further on, ignore a path on the right and continue to the Croix deuTrève crossroads where you join a road, the D625.
(8) Follow the road to the left for a few metres, then, before the junction with another road, turn onto the path on the right.
(9) Further on, ignore a path on the right, then a path on the left. At a house, the path turns into a road, then joins La Balasserie.
(10) Leave the road as it begins to curve to the left and turn onto a path on the right. At the fork just after, continue to the right. Continue straight ahead at the next intersection and, further on, ignore a path on the right. Descend towards a stream.
(11) Cross the stream, then climb back up to a fork. Continue left on this wide path (Chemin de Suzieu) until you reach Grande Rue de Longe.
(12) Turn right and continue to a fork at the school. Turn right onto Rue du Château. Continue straight ahead at the next crossroads. The street turns left. Immediately after, at the fork, turn right. Then turn left onto Chemin de la Madone. This small street ends and continues as a path. Go straight up to enter the undergrowth.
(13) Ignore the path on the right, then the path on the left, and continue climbing, keeping in the same direction, until you come to a large field at an intersection marked with a cross, the Croix de Longes.
(14) Continue straight ahead until you reach a road. Follow it to the right to reach the first houses of Remillieux. At the intersection, turn left, then at the next intersection, continue straight ahead on Chemin du Pontey.
(15) Continue in this direction until you reach the D625. Follow this road to the left as it curves to the right and continue along the road until you reach the Col de Grenouze, the start of our circular route.
(2) Return to the starting point via the same route as on the way out:
Continue along the road opposite on the left for a few metres, then turn onto the path on the left to descend to the Vieille Chapelle.
(1) Turn left onto the small road on the left, then further on, turn onto the second street on the left to reach the church of Chapelle-Villars (S/E).
We had a picnic near the church in Longes, which is very beautiful.
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