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388–1396 m
At a Glance
- Duration
- 8.0hrs
- Distance
- 115.8km
- Elevation +
- +2529 m
- Elevation -
- -2529 m
At a Glance
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2 days of bivouac on Hautes-Chaumes
Between the jasseries, the peat bogs and the panoramas of the Alps on a clear day, here is a bivouac on the volcanic ridges of Livradois-Forez immersed in nature and accessible by train.
Around the Couzon valley (circuit n°8)
Very nice, varied marked circuit, which alternates descents and climbs on paths presenting several technical passages (deep ruts, slopes, small screes). In particular, you should be particularly vigilant during the first descent between Ollières and the Mégain bridge, especially if you have not had the opportunity to warm up a little beforehand. The circuit then runs along the western part of Lake Aubusson before passing near the Notre-Dame d'Espinasse chapel built just above a miraculous spring from which water springs which can treat and cure certain skin diseases such as eczema...
At the sources of Dolore
On this path we come across many testimonies of the past: granite crosses, St-Eloy fountain or Rameaux and Rapans crosses. The nature around the Dolore stream is also omnipresent and offers views of the Forez mountains.