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The Pinière tour
Description
From Montaigut-le-Blanc, the Pinière plateau offers an exceptional panorama of the Sancy mountains.
Technical Information
Altimetric profile
Starting point
Additional information
Open period
From 01/01 to 31/12 daily.
Subject to favorable weather.
Distinctions
Listed PDIPR
Environments
In the country
Presence of livestock and guard dogs
Contact
Phone : 04 73 89 15 90
Email : tourisme@capissoire.fr
Website : http://www.issoire-tourisme.com/
Location complements
From A75, exit n°6, follow D978 direction Champeix/ Besse, until Montaigut-le-Blanc. Parking lot at the entrance to the village, on the left, Place du Riou.
Updated by
Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme - 03/06/2026
www.puydedome-tourisme.com/
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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
1/ Go down to the bottom of the parking lot, turn right and walk along the stadium, passing under the tennis court and continuing across the duckboard. Take the small staircase and climb to the right. Turn left onto the D996 road, cross it and then turn right up Rue du Grand Chemin to the road. Follow the road to the right and, after 100 m, turn left onto chemin des caves. At the intersection, go straight ahead to reach a road; follow it to the left as far as the bend.
2/ Leave the road and continue straight ahead on a wide track (with views of Montaigut and Forez). This path gradually rises on the western side of the plateau (views of the Sancy, Rognon tower) and reaches Chazoux (basalt organs). Go as far as the war memorial.
3/ Turn right and climb the path to the Pinière plateau. Continue along the edge of the plateau for 2 km (panoramic view). Ignore a wide track bending to the left. Follow a track to the left outside the pastures, pass a gate and continue straight on. The track then heads north for 30m to the entrance of a wood.
4/ Cross the wood on a steeply sloping path; at the exit, turn right onto a wide track which gradually descends. Follow it to a road; turn right to Montaigut.
5/ At the bend in the road, turn left, cross Place du Taillet and continue along Rue de l'Eglise. At the church, turn right, then right again to reach the D996 road. Follow it to the left as far as the parking lot. Cross it on the right and turn left onto the duckboard to return to the starting point.
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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