Aydat and its puys

Guidebook with maps/step-by-step

Step 1 : Follow it to the right as far as a watering place, then turn left (Chemin de Charmont) ; at the intersection, turn left. At the next crossroads (another PR), go right up into the undergrowth, then, at the fork, continue uphill to the right, ignoring the side paths. The main path curves to the right, skirting the puy Charmont while remaining level, then gradually descends to a wide path in a clearing.

Step 2 : Follow this to the left, staying on the main path, skirting woods and meadows, ignoring side paths and footpaths. At the last wood, go straight on for 200m and turn onto the second track on the right (view of the Chaine des Puys). Continue to a T-junction. Go right for 400m until you come to a path on the left in a meadow.

Step 3 : Follow it. It runs alongside a broom hedge and then reaches a road. Follow this to the left for 40m, then turn left onto a wide track. Ignore two paths on the left and reach a road. Immediately afterwards, turn left (information sign, parking lot) up a stony path to a picnic area.

Step 4 : Climb to the left to reach an orientation table at the summit of Puy de Combegrasse. Continue on to a second orientation table (panoramic view) and back. On the way back, take the path on the right (signposted return to parking lot), always straight ahead, until you reach the picnic area 50m away. Turn left onto the wide path. At the crossroads, turn left along a grassy track to a tarmac road. Climb left to the top.