Le bassin de Vic-le-Comte

Guidebook with maps/step-by-step :

Étape 1 : From the start sign, take the road towards Manglieu, skirting the sports field. After 200 m, take the track on the left. At the grove, turn right until you reach a road. Follow this road to the left for 50 m. Turn right onto a track as far as a crossroads.

Étape 2 : Turn right, cross the Pignols stream (circular view of the Comté), climb to the Pradas crossroads and continue straight ahead. Cross the Sarsat stream, then turn right onto the first track. Enter Pardines on the Chemin de Bruche. At the fork in the road, keep right and follow rue de la Fontaine-Vieille (fountain and cross on the square). Turn right down the main street to the D53.

Étape 3 : Turn left. Before the village exit sign, fork right. The path climbs up to the D117. Without crossing, turn right onto the grassy path. Continue straight ahead (cross) towards the puy (view of Vic-le-Comte and the Chaîne des Puys). Reach Pignols (off the route: Sainte-Madeleine church). Turn right at the fork under the town hall. Turn right into rue des Jardins.

Étape 4 : Go downhill and turn left at two successive T-junctions (rue des Fontaines and rue des Condamines). Turn right over the stone bridge. Cross the D225. Go straight ahead. Ignore the entrance to the national forest. Ford a stream. Continue straight ahead until you reach the road, which you turn left onto. Go through the hamlet of Langlade. At the end, the road becomes a footpath. At the crow’s-foot, 100 m after the relay antenna (view of Vic-le-Comte), go right down to the D225, ignoring the side paths. Reach the starting point 200 m to the left.