The Rancs de Charles

Discover the forest environment at the foot of the Hauts plateaux du Vercors. If you are discreet and observant, you may be able to see the local fauna (chamois, deer, deer, eagles ...)

Departure of the hamlet-village of Rousset (parking), direction the Rancs of Charles 4.Take the road for some 300 meters to the crossroads of the Pont des Oules 1, continue on this one hundred meters before turning on the left to join a path that advances in laces in the middle of boxwood groves (Not missing in passing a small visit of the Chapel Saint-Alexis). At the Pont des Scies 2, the hike continues for a moment by a wide track before turning abruptly on the left to join the crossroads of the Château d'Eau 3.From there, the trail becomes more "mountainous and steep" (caution in rainy weather) and progresses in laces in a scree before joining the forest road of Béguère at the crossroads Rancs de Charles (point of view). The rest of the route follows the direction of Rousset, the track gradually descends into the undergrowth to reach the crossroads of the Barrière de Béguère 5.Go down to the Mémont 6, then always in the forest, continue until the road that crosses a second time to initiate the final slope leading to the Liottards 7.The return to Rousset is then made by Le Reservoir 8 then the Bridge of the Oules.