Cheire de Come

Saint-Ours

Dogs allowed

Distance
11Km

Duration
3h15

Trace
BOUCLE

In pictures

Route description

A walk on a vast cheire where 8 different basalt flows line the path. The curious can decipher the “Signed Stone”: an engraved cross and arrows seem to point the way to the village of Chazaloux, which was used by the maquis.

Trail highlights

– Vulcania and Lemptégy volcano nearby.
– Château Dauphin in Pontgibaud.

Guidebook with maps/step-by-step :

Étape 1 : After leaving the parking lot, turn left along the wide track for 600 m to a crossroads. Turn left and continue to a crossroads.

Étape 2 : Turn right and continue straight ahead under the power line to another crossroads.

Étape 3 : Go up to the left for 20 m, then take the path to the right and at the T-junction, turn left at the hamlet of Les Roches. At the first fork in the road, turn left onto a grassy path. After “la roulotte des bergers”, continue straight ahead to the next T-junction.

Étape 4 : Turn left and stay on this path until you reach a wide track.

Afficher les étapes suivantes…

Étape 5 : Turn right for 40 m (just after point 3, on the slightly higher right, you’ll see a pretty, well-preserved stone shepherd’s hut), then leave it to take a path on the left (further on, you’ll see a carved stone called the “pierre signée”). At the fork in the road, at a signpost, keep left until you reach a fork in the road.

Étape 6 : Go left downhill past an old quarry and follow the path through the beech trees to a perpendicular path. Descend to the left and continue to a crossroads.

Étape 7 : Turn left onto this wide track, which you follow for 300m. Turn right. Opposite the gate of a water catchment protection area, turn right for 100 m (opposite the enclosure gate).

Étape 8 : Fork right onto an inconspicuous path. Keep to the left. Before reaching the wide track, turn right, then fork left. Join a track, take it to the left and go as far as a crossroads (point 1). Follow the same route as before: turn right, then right again at the next junction to return to the starting point.