Guidebook with maps/step-by-step
(1) From the Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse tourist office, take the Perquelin path. After 600 m, take the path on the right that crosses and runs alongside the Guiers mort.
(2) Once you reach the road, turn right to go to Les Antonins. At the 2nd kilometre, take in the magnificent view over the commune of Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse from the summit of Grand Som (2,026 m). Continue along the road known as the Chemin de Gontière, then cross the villages of Mollard Bellet (3), Gontière and Mollarière (4) as far as Marchandière.
(5) Here, turn right onto chemin de Gérentière. At the hamlet of Saint-Hugues, turn left onto the D57B road, which you should follow for about 150 m. (If you continue straight ahead, you can also visit the Arcabas departmental museum in Chartreuse).
(6) Just after the bend in the road, take the track on the right. After 1.2 km on this road (7), turn right, cross the ruisseau des Corbelles twice and take the chemin des Michallets (8) which runs through the hamlet. (9) At kilometre 7.6, join the D512 which leads to Martinière. At the campsite, turn left onto the Chemin de Villas. This crosses Les Murets (10), Les Gorges, and continues, keeping to the right at Grand Logis, to the D520b. Take care when crossing the road to reach the path on the bridge opposite. Rejoin the D520b, then the D512. Before the bridge over the Couzon, turn left onto the Chemin de Patassière.
(11) Follow it to the end, then turn right onto the D512 to reach the heart of the village.
(12) At the church, turn left to get to the tourist office.
(2) Once you reach the road, turn right to go to Les Antonins. At the 2nd kilometre, take in the magnificent view over the commune of Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse from the summit of Grand Som (2,026 m). Continue along the road known as the Chemin de Gontière, then cross the villages of Mollard Bellet (3), Gontière and Mollarière (4) as far as Marchandière.
(5) Here, turn right onto chemin de Gérentière. At the hamlet of Saint-Hugues, turn left onto the D57B road, which you should follow for about 150 m. (If you continue straight ahead, you can also visit the Arcabas departmental museum in Chartreuse).
(6) Just after the bend in the road, take the track on the right. After 1.2 km on this road (7), turn right, cross the ruisseau des Corbelles twice and take the chemin des Michallets (8) which runs through the hamlet. (9) At kilometre 7.6, join the D512 which leads to Martinière. At the campsite, turn left onto the Chemin de Villas. This crosses Les Murets (10), Les Gorges, and continues, keeping to the right at Grand Logis, to the D520b. Take care when crossing the road to reach the path on the bridge opposite. Rejoin the D520b, then the D512. Before the bridge over the Couzon, turn left onto the Chemin de Patassière.
(11) Follow it to the end, then turn right onto the D512 to reach the heart of the village.
(12) At the church, turn left to get to the tourist office.
