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Head to Sainte-Consorce (a commune in western Lyon). Follow signs for Pollionnay for 1.6 km. At the junction (Larny/Pollionnay), turn left, still heading towards Pollionnay, and 150 metres further on, on your left, just past the bus stop, you’ll find a car park where you can park easily.
Then cross the road and take the ‘Passage du portail’ opposite, then continue uphill for 250 metres to the top of the hamlet (water reservoir). Breathtaking views of the village of Sainte-Consorce, the towns of western Lyon, the Monts d’Or, the Alps and Lyon (Fourvière, Part-Dieu, etc.).
(S) Take the dirt track on your right, which climbs between a house (no. 152) and some bushes and very quickly enters the woodland. Follow it for about 400 metres.
(1) At the fork in the road, take the one on the left.
250 m further up, you’ll come to a path branching off to your right and two others continuing straight ahead: take either one, as both lead to the same place (marked with red signs). Then continue along this main path, ignoring the small paths branching off to the sides.
About 500 m before reaching the pass, you’ll find a small path on your left; follow this for about a hundred metres and you’ll see some climbing rocks (2) (please note: these aren’t visible from the path as they’re below it in the woods and there are no signposts).
(3) You’ll reach the Col de la Croix du Ban (604 m), where you’ll come across a small road and various signposts.
Turn right (north-east) onto theGRP®® Tour des Monts du Lyonnais, marked in yellow and red (a sign also indicates ‘Chemin des limites’). Follow it as far as the Jeu de Quilles; it is well signposted. Before reaching the Jeu de Quilles, you will see century-old beech trees lining the path on your right.
At the Jeu de Quilles (signpost), leave theGRP®® and turn right towards Sainte-Consorce, then head down this path.
(4) Please note: 500 metres further down, you’ll come to several paths. Do not cross the small stream (in the height of summer you won’t see it as there’s no water), but take the last path branching off to your left, which is marked in yellow and leads towards the Chapelle de Larny.
(5) 300 metres further on, a signpost directs you to turn right onto a steep path towards Valency-Sainte-Consorce.
Follow this path downwards, passing through a clearing; further down, the path begins to curve. Stay on the main path, which descends steeply for a few metres before crossing a small stream – the Larny – which is usually dry in summer. A few metres further on, admire some remarkable beech trees on your left.
Very soon we’ll reach a fork in the road where we rejoin the path we took on the way there (1).
We then return to our starting point at the edge of the forest (E).
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