The Montatraux circuit

Saint-Pardoux

Dogs allowed

Distance 9Km

Duration 2h30

Hiking route BOUCLE

Marking Yellow

In pictures

Route description

From Saint-Pardoux, enjoy this bucolic walk through the fields and its 360° panorama from the Montatraux viewpoint.

Trail highlights

Saint-Pardoux : Fontaine d’Issertaux – Montatraux orientation table

Guidebook with maps/step-by-step

Step 1 : Cross the road to the hamlet of Les Nioux and, at the first houses, turn right twice, then uphill to a road. Turn left for 10m (route de Blot) and cross it.

Step 2 : Climb the tarmac track opposite, then turn left at the crossroads. At the fork, keep right and continue to a small road. Ignore the impasse des Hortensias and reach a road.

Step 3 : Cross the road and continue straight ahead. At the fork, go right down to the houses. Cross the hamlet (Les Girards). Follow the road to the first track on the left, in a bend at the bottom of the descent. Follow it to the houses (Fontaine d’lsserteaux AR 15mn) and turn right up to the main road.

Step 4 : Cross the road, take the path opposite and go straight on to the second intersection. Turn left to reach the orientation table (view of the Sioule gorges, the Monts de la Madeleine and the Chaine des Puys).

Next step

Step 5 : Continue on the track, go down and then turn left. Take the road (D2144) on the right towards Saint-Pardoux to get back to the start.

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Opening hours

All year round daily.

Comfort, facilities and services

Pets welcome

Additional information

For your own safety, always take a bottle of water, a hat, warm clothing and footwear suitable for walking.
Depending on weather conditions, certain itineraries are not recommended in bad weather (fog) or are not practicable, or even forbidden, during the winter season.
Some sites are fragile, so stay on the marked trails. Avoid picking wild flowers and disturbing wildlife. Pick up your garbage.
Animals are not allowed on some routes.

Dogs allowed Dogs must be kept on a lead because of the presence of herds.

Environment

In the country

Access

39 km north of Clermont-Ferrand, reach Saint-Pardoux. Car park and signpost, Place de la Bascule, 100m after the church from Clermont-Ferrand.