The salt fountain cirque trail

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Étape 1 : Start sign on right at hairpin bend after parking lot. Take the wide forest track. Follow signs for “Fontaine salée” (departmental signs). After leaving the forest, go through two gates and reach a chicane. After a ruin, turn right and take the narrow grassy path winding through the forest. Continue until you reach a chicane at the end of the wood.

Étape 2 : From the chicane, follow the grassy path down into the valley to a gate and, turning left, to an information panel and a wooden footbridge over the stream.

Étape 3 : Take the footbridge (panoramic view of the Fontaine Salée cirque) and walk along the fence until you reach the GR®30. At this point, turn around. Back at the chicane at point 1, continue straight ahead along the same path as before. After about 100 m, leave the outward path and turn right onto a flat forest path. Once out of the forest, pass three stepladders. After the third, climb up to the right. Pass a fourth stepladder and follow the path along the forest edge. After a chicane, join the D615 road (view of the Monts du Cantal) and turn left to return to the starting point.