Guidebook with maps/step-by-step
Start from the car park of the Grand Pré school.
1/ Go down the rue des écoles and turn left.
At the roundabout, continue straight on the tarmac road then go left and follow the "sentier des cascades" along the Ruisseau du Pontet.
2/ After about ten minutes of walking, at the level of the wooden barrier, you can take the small footbridge to go to the foot of the waterfall.
Then go back on your steps and go up the path following "Sentier des cascades, Boucle supérieure".
Keep to the right and follow the yellow markings.
3/ Turn right at the intersection (stay on the rightmost path) and walk along the barriers.
Go to the waterfall, then retrace your steps and take the steep path up the right-hand side to the steps.
At the top of the steps, turn right and cross the bridge.
Enjoy a break on the bench located at the foot of the waterfall.
4/ Continue on the tarmac road.
Keep to the right and follow the yellow signs (on the large stone wall on the left), then continue on the road which climbs through the housing estate.
5/ At the yellow signs on the left, follow "Sentier des cascades", you will then enjoy a nice view as far as the lake of Bourget.
The path goes on into the underwoods.
At the intersection, take the path on the left (yellow markings) which goes slightly downhill and stop in front of the reading panel which recounts "the adventure of cement" in Jacob.
6/ Continue the descent in the underwoods
Keep to the right. Go along the stream on the left, then turn right to take the path which goes up (yellow markings).
7/ At the end of the underwoods, follow the yellow markings and go down to the hamlet.
8/ Cross the bridge over Le Pontet then go up the tarmac road.
Turn right and follow route de Bellecombette, then cross the departmental road 912 and find the path which goes up on the left near the houses.
9/ After the concrete steps (yellow markings), go down to the right on the tarmac road for about ten metres then follow the sentier des Geais which goes up to the left.
At the villas, leave the road on your left and take the path on the right which runs alongside the meadows.
10/ At the sign "La Basinière Alt 480 m" turn left towards the reservoir and Maisolée then follow the chemin des rossignols and the road to the farm "Gaec Tochon".
Turn left onto the road for 50 m and then slightly right onto the path that leads to the houses. Return to the road, go down to the stairs you took on the way out.
11/ Join the road to Bellecombette.
Pass the bus stop Muses Galantes and go straight on.
From the bus stop stay on the tarmac road that crosses the housing estate and then turn left opposite the "Charlotte de Savoie" residence on the road that goes downhill.
13/ For the return journey, follow the signs and cut the bends through the meadows towards the town.
1/ Go down the rue des écoles and turn left.
At the roundabout, continue straight on the tarmac road then go left and follow the "sentier des cascades" along the Ruisseau du Pontet.
2/ After about ten minutes of walking, at the level of the wooden barrier, you can take the small footbridge to go to the foot of the waterfall.
Then go back on your steps and go up the path following "Sentier des cascades, Boucle supérieure".
Keep to the right and follow the yellow markings.
3/ Turn right at the intersection (stay on the rightmost path) and walk along the barriers.
Go to the waterfall, then retrace your steps and take the steep path up the right-hand side to the steps.
At the top of the steps, turn right and cross the bridge.
Enjoy a break on the bench located at the foot of the waterfall.
4/ Continue on the tarmac road.
Keep to the right and follow the yellow signs (on the large stone wall on the left), then continue on the road which climbs through the housing estate.
5/ At the yellow signs on the left, follow "Sentier des cascades", you will then enjoy a nice view as far as the lake of Bourget.
The path goes on into the underwoods.
At the intersection, take the path on the left (yellow markings) which goes slightly downhill and stop in front of the reading panel which recounts "the adventure of cement" in Jacob.
6/ Continue the descent in the underwoods
Keep to the right. Go along the stream on the left, then turn right to take the path which goes up (yellow markings).
7/ At the end of the underwoods, follow the yellow markings and go down to the hamlet.
8/ Cross the bridge over Le Pontet then go up the tarmac road.
Turn right and follow route de Bellecombette, then cross the departmental road 912 and find the path which goes up on the left near the houses.
9/ After the concrete steps (yellow markings), go down to the right on the tarmac road for about ten metres then follow the sentier des Geais which goes up to the left.
At the villas, leave the road on your left and take the path on the right which runs alongside the meadows.
10/ At the sign "La Basinière Alt 480 m" turn left towards the reservoir and Maisolée then follow the chemin des rossignols and the road to the farm "Gaec Tochon".
Turn left onto the road for 50 m and then slightly right onto the path that leads to the houses. Return to the road, go down to the stairs you took on the way out.
11/ Join the road to Bellecombette.
Pass the bus stop Muses Galantes and go straight on.
From the bus stop stay on the tarmac road that crosses the housing estate and then turn left opposite the "Charlotte de Savoie" residence on the road that goes downhill.
13/ For the return journey, follow the signs and cut the bends through the meadows towards the town.
