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Le puy de Jussat
Description
This path was filled with legionnaires watching the adjoining oppidum of Gergovie in 52 BC. Today, it's an easy walk over sunny terrain. Views over Crest, the Chaîne des Puys, the Gergovie hills and Forez.
Technical Information
Altimetric profile
Starting point
Additional information
Tips
- Caves (under limestone slabs): wintering habitat for bats.
- View over the Auzon valley and the villages of La Roche-Blanche, Le Crest and Chanonat, dominated by the Serre plateau.
Updated by
Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme - 02/06/2026
www.puydedome-tourisme.com/
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Environments
In the country
Mountain view
Presence of livestock and guard dogs
Distinctions
Listed PDIPR
Open period
From 01/01 to 31/12 daily.
Subject to favorable weather.
Location complements
From Clermont-Ferrand, take the A75 towards Montpellier. Take exit
n°4, turn right at the 1st traffic lights towards La Roche-Blanche, then Chanonat, then Jussat.
Contact
Phone : 04 73 79 37 69
Email : aydat@clermontauvergnevolcans.com
Website : https://www.clermontauvergnevolcans.com
Reception complements
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.
Guidebook with maps/step-by-step
Opposite the start sign, turn left into rue principale, then right into rue Sous-la-ville, which runs alongside the wall of the château park. At the junction with Rue des Quayres, turn right and immediately left. At the T-junction, turn left into Chemin des Roussilles. At Place de la Treille, turn right and continue along the track opposite. Pass a cross (picnic area, view of the Val d'Allier). Go along a cliff (caves) to a fork.
1/ Climb left into the forest. At the end of the plateau (view of Chanonat, the Auzon valley and Montagne de la Serre), continue to a crossroads of 4 paths. Go straight up on the stony track. On the plateau, continue straight ahead until you reach the first road on the right.
2/ Follow it (approx. 350m) to the following intersection
3/ Turn right onto the track. Descend it (with views over the Val d'Allier) to point 1, then return to the starting point by the same path as before.
Proposed and managed by the Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme - PDIPR.
Animals
Yes. Dogs must be kept on a leash due to the presence of herds.
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