Etangs des Combrailles

Charensat

Dogs allowed

Distance 41Km

Hiking route BOUCLE

Marking Green and white

In pictures

Route description

The “Etangs des Combrailles” loop consists of 3 stages :- Charensat (place de l’église) / Montel-de-Gelat : 18.5 km – 5h30- Montel-de-Gelat (church square) / Dontreix : 11.5 km – 3h15- Dontreix / Charensat : 11 km – 3h00

Guidebook with maps/step-by-step

Step 13 : Turn left towards La Raterie. After about 1 km, take a right-hand track. At Sourdoux, turn left down the road. Turn left at the fork. At the T-junction, go right, then straight ahead on the main road. Ignore the first crossroads, then take a left-hand path for 100 m through the woods ; turn right (educational path), then right again to reach a forest roundabout. Turn right, skirting the campsite, and join the D60, which you take on the right. After 300 m (at a stadium), take the first left to La Gorce, then left again to the Chancelade pond. Go around the pond to the left and follow the small road to the D13.

Step 1 : Follow the road to the left. After 500 m, turn right onto a track for 50 m. At the fork in the road, turn right until you reach an intersection with a wide forest track. Turn left onto this track. At the black cross, go straight on to the next fork.

Step 3 : Go left up to a fork. Turn right. At the crossroads, turn right onto a grassy path to Troissagnes, ignoring the side paths. Take the road to the right. Follow the road up into the village and continue to the top of the hill.

Step 2 : Fork left to a T-junction. Go left to Les Mouneyroux. At the intersection at the entrance to the village, turn left for 50 m, then right. Pass the Mouneyroux château. At the next fork, turn left towards Le Moulin des Mouneyroux. Continue straight
to a T-junction.

Next step

Step 4 : Take a right-hand path for 400 m. At the intersection, turn left and continue straight on to Charensat. Continue past the retirement home to Place de l’Église.

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Opening hours

All year round daily.

Comfort, facilities and services

  • Pets welcome

Dogs allowed Dogs must be kept on a leash due to the presence of herds.

Environment

In the country, Lakeside or by stretch of water, Waterside

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Updated on 5 May 2025 by Office de Tourisme des Combrailles