Hike : Montaudoux-Vallières | Ceyrat

Ceyrat

No dogs allowed

Distance 6Km

Duration 2h00

Hiking route BOUCLE

Marking Yellow butterfly

In pictures

Route description

Starting from Ceyrat, head up to the heights of Montaudoux and the Puy de Vallières ! A lovely circular walk through the woods, alternating between shaded paths, ridge trails and stunning views over the Clermont-Ferrand metropolitan area and the Chaîne des Puys.

A scenic, forest-filled walk through the wooded hills of Ceyrat

Starting on the outskirts of the village of Ceyrat, the ‘Montaudoux-Vallières’ route offers a refreshing, leafy escape through the hills overlooking the village. Winding its way through the Montaudoux forest and the foothills of the Puy de Vallières, this(…)

Guidebook with maps/step-by-step

Step 22 : Take the left-hand path up to Montaudoux.
(Variation without the climb : go down to the right ; you’ll come to a T-junction : go left to marker 23, then right, you’re back on the main route).

Leave a path to the right ; the slope is steeper. At the top, a fine view of Clermont and Limagne.
At the summit, turn right for the descent ; after 150m, you’ll reach the base of the puy. At the crossroads, take a path to the right as far as marker 23.
Turn left towards town (Chemin then Rue du Guéry). At the crossroads, turn right onto the little-used Rue Aristide Briand. Go downhill with villas on your right ; you’re on the border between Ceyrat (on your right) and Clermont-Ferrand. In the distance, view of the bell tower of the modern J.M. Vianney church in Beaumont.
Cross Rue Béliard and continue along Rue A. Briand ; at the next T-junction, turn right onto rue du Dr. Lepetit, which climbs ; after the bend, continue on tarmac, then on a gravel path. Go straight on until you reach a crossroads (there’s a ruin on the right), marker 24.
Continue straight ahead, on a small track leading to the Chataigners woods. You arrive in a lunar landscape of pozzolana, leaving a narrower path that rises to the right, continue towards the undergrowth, between rocks. Immediately afterwards, climb to the right, reaching a housing estate, and at the crossroads at the far end you’ll find signpost 25.
Take the upward path opposite, below the modern district of Boisvallon and at the foot of the puy de Gravenoire. Continue to marker 26.
Take the path on the right that follows a nurseryman’s fence, skirting other recent buildings. At the T junction, turn right (chemin de la Petite Mory), then left to marker 20.
You’ll find the path you took to the beehives on the left, leading back to the parking lot.