Elevation Profile
553–763 m
Start: From the town hall square in Tours-sur-Meymont, follow the D225 to the left for 50 m. At the junction, take the surfaced road towards Saint-Gervais-sous-Meymont. Then take the first track descending to the left alongside the Tours-sur-Meymont heritage orchard. At the crossroads of 4 tracks, continue straight ahead and stay on the main track to the Minchoux stream.
1. Cross the stream and, after climbing for 50 m, take a path between 2 fields. At the T-junction, turn onto the track on the right. Cross the village of La Calendre and continue on the main track to the surfaced road. Cross it and take the road climbing towards the village of Bouget.
2. At the cross in the village, continue on the track to the right. 200 m before the entrance to the village of Les Fraisses, take the track on the right. At the T-junction, turn left. 100 m further on, at the second T-junction, take the surfaced road to the right. On leaving the village, take the track descending to the right. Cross the stream and, at the crossroads of 4 tracks, continue straight ahead (an optional there-and-back leads to the statue of the Virgin at Piedmont) to the village of Vol.
3. Follow the surfaced road to the right. At the junction, continue straight ahead, then take the first track descending to the left. Continue on the main track to the village of Campines. At the junction, continue to the right on the vehicle track. At the fork, continue climbing to the left to the crossroads of 4 tracks.
4. Take the track on the right and follow it to the D225 (views of the Chaîne des Puys and the Massif du Sancy). Cross the D225 and continue straight ahead to the village of La Gorce. Enter the village to the right. In the centre of the village, take the road to the right and continue straight ahead. The road becomes a track. At the T-junction, turn left. Then take the first track on the left to the D259.
5. Cross the road to enter the village of Bourdelles. Continue on the track straight ahead to the surfaced road. Turn right to climb back into the village of Tours-sur-Meymont. At the church, follow the D225 to the right to return to the car park.
At a Glance
- Duration
- 4.5hrs
- Distance
- 13.5km
- Elevation +
- +363 m
- Elevation -
- -364 m
At a Glance
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point de vue en Livradois-Forez
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Around the Maison du Parc
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.
Dore Loop
The Livradois-Forez Regional Natural Park, a land of grassland and woodland, promises a memorable journey between valleys and ridges.
Circuit n°44 Les Cimes du Livradois
Secteur St-Amant-Roche-Savine