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Access to the Chapelle Saint-Just. On-site parking.
(S/E) Take the path heading south along the Giroux-Gare paper mill's purification basins. Continue for 100 metres and turn left onto the Pont du Diable or Meymont bridge (1), the lowest point of the hike. Note the remains of a pier from the original bridge, still visible downstream!
(1) After crossing the bridge, turn left onto the tarmac road that passes under the railway bridge and leads to the D906. Turn left and follow the road on the hard shoulder for about 1 km until you reach Giroux Vieux.
(2) Caution! Careful crossing to reach Giroux Vieux, on the right. Continue straight ahead and, at the Morel cutlery factory, turn right onto the dirt track that climbs along the Faye stream gorges and leads to the village of Lavest, about 2 km away.
(3) In Lavest, turn right, heading north-east, and follow the path for 500 metres until you reach a crossroads.
(4) Turn right, heading south, onto the tarmac road until you reach the junction with the small Meymont-le Mas D'Olliergues road. Don't miss the Cinq Clochers viewpoint at the gas installation at the entrance to the hamlet of Mas d'Olliergues.
(5) Follow the road to the right for 1 km. Leave the road to Lavest on your right. Further on, leave the village of Laglaine on your left and take the dirt track straight ahead, which will take you back to the tarmac road. Follow this road to Meymont.
(6) Leave the village of Meymont (altitude: 532 m) and its small Gothic church on your left. There used to be a castle in the village of Meymont, but it no longer exists. Excavations were carried out between 1972 and 1975. On leaving the village, turn right onto the path that descends to Giroux Gare. After 250m, ignore the path on the right that leads to the Gorges de la Faye.
Turn left and continue downhill. Note the view of the Saint-Just chapel through the gap in the trees on the right above you.
(7) You will arrive at the D906, which you should cross with caution and then retrace your steps in the opposite direction to reach the Pont du Diable. Take care when crossing this tricky section. Walk on the left-hand side of the road for better visibility.
(1) After crossing the Pont du Diable, take the second dirt track on the left that climbs up to the D225. You will notice a waterfall on your right.
(8) When you reach the road, turn left downhill to reach the bridge over the Dore.
(9) Just before the bridge over the Dore and the railway line, turn right onto the dirt track that climbs up into the Ruisseau de Minchoux gorges. After 600 metres, leave the track on your left that descends to the stream and leads to the village of Lauphand, and turn right, heading north, onto the track that leads to Ragnon.
(10) Leave the village of Ragnon on your right and, at the village exit, take the dirt track on the right that climbs up above the valley and leads to Le Garret, passing below the hamlet of L'Alligier. At the telecommunications pylon, cross the D225 with caution and descend to the right along a tarmac road to the village of Le Garret.
(11) Do not cross the village, but immediately turn right onto the small dirt track that descends to the Méandres de la Dore, at a place called La Prade. Pass under the railway line and, after completing a circular route at La Prade, take a dirt track to the village of Moulin de Garret.
You have now arrived back at your starting point. Simply cross the railway line via the small stone bridge (S/E).
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