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La ronde des suquets
Description
This tour offers panoramic views of the Forez mountains, Thiers, the Dore valley, the Chaîne des Puys, the Sancy, Mauzun castle and the surrounding villages.
Technical Information
Altimetric profile
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Additional information
Open period
From 01/01 to 31/12 daily.
Subject to favorable weather.
Distinctions
Listed PDIPR
Environments
Mountain location
Contact
Phone : 04 73 89 15 90
Email : tourisme@capissoire.fr
Website : http://www.issoire-tourisme.com
Location complements
Getting here: From the A75, exit 13, take the D996 towards Parentignat, then the D999 towards St Germain l'Herm. At Sarpoil, turn left onto the D214 (Sauxillanges), then quickly right onto the D89 to Saint-Etienne-sur-Usson. Parking and start sign on the square below the town hall and war memorial.
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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 downhill on the road (D89) for 600 m towards Sauxillanges. At the fork, continue left (D144) for 200 m. At the transformer, turn left and drive past the farm (PV1: panorama from the Sancy to the Chaîne des Puys). At the entrance to the quarry, go down the track and then right up to the hamlet of Chabanol.
2/ Keep left, then go uphill, following a difficult descent through the forest. Cross two streams, climb towards the houses and cross the village of Chabreyras on the main street. At the exit, turn right to reach the road (D144). Turn right, then left towards Les Noalhats. Drive through the hamlet to a farm shed.
3/ Take the dirt track on the left. At the end of the wood, turn right and, at the road, go straight on (PV2: Small villages and hills of the Livradois). At La Lyrisse, turn right down the road and take the first path on the right. At the crossroads, fork right again, go through the woods up to a road, cross it and take the path opposite to another road (D89). Cross it, go straight ahead and enter the wood. At the end of the grassy lane, turn left, then immediately right. At the end of the wood (PV3: view of Saint-Etienne-sur-Usson and the Sancy massif), continue to a road; follow it to the left, then to the right as far as the century-old Gilleran lime tree.
4/ Go around the lime tree to the left and, after 30 m, go down the grassy path, cross the stream and climb up. Take the left-hand road and, 100 m before the Château de La Forie, turn right onto a small tarmac road. At the next houses in Genestine, turn right, then right again to return to the starting point.
Proposed and managed by the Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme - PDIPR.
Animals
Yes. Pets allowed on leash only.
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