A l'assaut du Mont Pinçon

Start from the town hall square in Roucamps. Walk along the pavement to the left and join a lane bordered by a hedge. At the church crossroads, turn right and then right again onto a track. Leave a track on your left and continue straight ahead.

At the crossroads, turn right and leave a road on your left. Carefully cross the D54, then take the track opposite up to a crossroads.

Take the track to the right for 50 m, turn right again and follow the ridge to a crossroads. Continue along the track opposite, which remains in the forest and offers several escape routes. Follow the edge of the wood, leaving a track on the right. In a small valley, the path climbs to the right and forks left shortly afterwards. At a crossroads, go down the long sunken track on the left and at the bottom of the descent, turn left onto the road.

Quickly turn right onto a track. Cross the stream, fork left and climb up to the intersection with the forest track. Turn left and 800 m later, fork left onto a track just before the path rises.

At the next crossroads, turn right onto an uphill track. At the crossroads, turn right and join the track on the left, continuing for 500 m. Climb a track on the right, between plots 31 and 34.

At the crossroads, turn right and follow the path through the deciduous trees. At the forest gate, take the track on the left, leave the forest and reach a road. Turn left down the road, passing through the village of Campandré-Valcongrain, leaving two lanes on your left, and continue downhill.

At the Seiniére crossroads, turn right and continue along the road. Leave the road to the left towards Rouge Douit and a little further on, take a track to the right. Take the track on the right towards Bourbe Noire and at the crossroads, take the left-hand track. Then, after the Roman camp, go down the left-hand path and, further down, turn right and go up towards the telecommunications pylon.

Carefully cross the D54 and take the track opposite. Continue for over 1 km, leaving a dead end on the right. At the next crossroads, turn left, then before the stele, turn left again. Leave a path on the left leading to the Calvados high point marker and, on the way down, take a path on the right. At the junction, turn left and follow the track for 1 km.

As you approach a road, fork right onto a track. At the third crossroads, turn left, then follow the road to the right, and a little further on turn right onto a track just before the wash-house. Turn right onto a small road and at the next crossroads, continue along the track.

At the end of the road, turn right and at the Hamel au Roi crossroads, turn right. Leave a lane on the left and, after a bend, take a track on the left. Continue along this track, passing the abbey and turning left at the next junction. Follow this road for 1 km and turn onto a track that climbs to the right. Take a track on the left and quickly leave a track on the right.

Further on, the track descends to the left and becomes a road. At the crossroads, turn right, pass the church and continue along the D106 towards Aunay-sur-Odon. At the next hamlet, turn right turn right at the bend in the road and follow the track to the left. Turn right, cross the bridge, leave a road on your left and take the track that bends to the left.

Turn right onto the road, then left onto a track and continue until you reach a road. Turn right onto the D106 and a little further left onto a road towards Foucoupé. Go past the farm and continue along the track. Take the second track on the left and rejoin the back to the starting point.