Elevation Profile
407–721 m
Departure: From the Parc Livradois-Forez house, in Saint-Gervais sous-Meymont, go up and through the village. At the exit, go up the path on the left. Leave another one on the left.
1. On a small plateau, turn right towards the houses of
Combe. Go up the D254 on the left for 50 m.
2. Leave the road and go down the path on the right, then climb under the chestnut and hazel trees, on the right, after a stream. Follow the D254 on the right(view of the Dore and the foothills of Forez: grün de Chignore).
3. At Griolles, go down the path on the right. At the first split, climb to the left in the woods, then
continue along the edge.
4. Turn right into Lauphant(well)and go up the small road to the plateau(view of the Forez).
5. After crossing Le Bouchet, go down the small road on the left, then follow the D254 on the right. At the crossroads, take the D259 on the left, towards Olliergues.
6. After 300 m, go up the path on the right behind a farm shed, in the woods. Always keep the same path to exit the woods (view of the Dore valley, Forez and the Puys chain).
7. At the iron cross, turn right, then immediately left along the woods until Pradat.
8. In Pradat, go up the path on the left. At the crossroads, turn left onto the perpendicular path(view of the Château de Blanchisse). Always keep the same path (view) until you reach a small road; follow her in front.
9. Before the first house in Guimoye, go down the path
to the right, full slope, in the woods.
10. Cut the D259 to take the path on the left; sometimes paved, in deciduous woods, it passes a stream and
small waterfalls.
11. Take the road on the right. Cross the Constancis and the Thiaudat straight on. At the fountain, go up the path on the left.
12. Turn and go down the perpendicular path, on the right.
At the Croix des Pouillades, take the road on the left. At the exit of the second bend, go down the grassy path on the right. Returning to point 1, in the middle of the meadows, go right to dive towards the Maison du Parc.
At a Glance
- Duration
- 3.5hrs
- Distance
- 12.7km
- Elevation +
- +532 m
- Elevation -
- -532 m
At a Glance
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Departure / Arrival · Maison du Parc, Saint-Gervais-sous-Meymont
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Saint-Gervais-sous-Meymont
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Pradat
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