Lake Bourdouze

Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise

Dogs allowed

Distance 17.5Km

Duration 5h30

Hiking route BOUCLE

Marking Green

In pictures

Route description

The glacial imprint is omnipresent. The path follows small semi-circular depressions, cirques and arrives on the Valbeleix plateau (1150 m). The Bourdouze peat bog lake invites you to take a break in the countryside.

Trail highlights

– View over the valley and a rocky chaos.
– Panorama of the Sancy massif.
– Peat bogs.
– Lake Bourbouze.
– Small heritage sites : fountain, buron, stele.

Guidebook with maps/step-by-step

Step 1 : Go straight on for 100 m, then fork to the left.after the gate, follow the barbed wire to the ridgeline overlooking the valley and a rocky chaos.go along the fence leading to the road, which you take to the left, until you reach the entrance to the wood. At the end of the wood, follow the track parallel to the forest in the direction of a buron (beautiful panorama of the Massif du Sancy on the right).

Step 2 : At the buron, continue straight ahead into the forest (leaving the drinking trough below on the left). Cross the forest to reach the road and follow it to the right for 300 m. (At this point, there is a shortcut – not signposted – along the D26 leading directly to the village of Les Chirouzes).

Step 3 : Turn right onto the track leading to Champs. After the farm, turn left down the road. At the crossroads, turn right, then immediately left. Cross a stream. At the road, turn right. At the crossroads, go straight on until you reach the entrance to Anglard.

Step 4 : Turn left through the village. Go straight ahead at the fountain and, after the last house, turn right onto the D36. Continue straight ahead to cross it again and reach the lake. Follow it to the left until you reach a marshy area.

Next step

Step 5 : At this point, go left into the woods, skirting them, then left up to a ruin.
Continue right to reach the road.

Step 6 : At the stele, turn right onto the D26, then take the first track on the left, leading to the hamlet of Les Chirouzes. Take the first road to the left (signposted C.G.), and at the crow’s-foot go down to the left, back to the starting point.

Proposed and managed by the Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme – PDIPR.

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Opening hours

From 01/01 to 31/12 daily.

Subject to favorable weather.

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 leash due to the presence of herds.

Environment

Forest location, Mountain view, Mountain location, Waterside, Presence of livestock and guard dogs

Access

From Besse, take the D36 towards Compains. At Pont d’Anglard, turn left onto the D127 to Saint-Anastaise.

Downloadable :

GPX – ITI0092Lelacdebourdouze_denivelle