Le puy Gros

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Étape 1 : Head up the road towards Le Mont-Dore. Take the road to the left as far as the hamlet of La Fougère, cross it and take the track to the right as far as the hamlet of Les Pailloux. Turn left, cross the stream and go right down the track. Climb a sunken track. Cross a stepladder. Continue to an old low stone wall at the entrance to the wood. Climb to the left and, after 50 m, continue right through the beech forest to a low wall at the wood’s exit. Follow the wall, then turn right to enter a wood via a stepladder. Cross another stepladder. Follow a grove on the right, then a fence (PP1: traces of pre-buron summer pasture dwellings on the left) to a signpost.

Étape 2 : Go straight ahead “towards La Bourboule”, then curve left around a puy. Go through a fence (sas) and then over a stepladder. Cross a wetland area and climb up to the corner of a fence. Continue left to reach two markers. Climb to the right “towards puy Gros” to the intersection of several paths.

Étape 3 : Turn right and climb the north side of puy Gros. Pass a boulder before a signpost. Join the cliffside path (PV1, 360° view) and turn right. Climb a stepladder, skirt the cliff, go down a stony path (through an airlock) and reach a wide path. Follow this to the left for 300 m, until you reach the intersection of several paths.

Étape 4 : Go downhill to the left, cross a footbridge and 50 m further on, continue straight ahead. Enter the forest, cross a small metal footbridge, ignore the adjacent paths and continue downhill (PV2, view of La Bourboule) to the hamlet of Lusclade. Cross the hamlet, pass between the cross and the ferry, descend for 200 m and turn right between the fences to a road. Turn left, cross the D996 and go down the road opposite the GAEC. Follow the stream, cross the railroad line and turn left at the road. Take the path on the left before the bridge. Follow the Dordogne. Cross the railroad again. At the intersection, turn right. In the hamlet of Le Genestoux, turn right twice and follow the Dordogne up to a road. Turn left to return to the starting point.Proposed and managed by the Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme – PDIPR.