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The Cellette Viaduct
Description
This route takes in the old Gouttières Montluçon railway line and the Cellette viaduct.
Technical Information
Altimetric profile
Starting point
Additional information
Updated by
Office de Tourisme des Combrailles - 09/10/2026
www.combrailles-auvergne-tourisme.fr/
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Open period
All year round daily.
Contact
Phone : 04 73 52 72 72
Email : accueil@paysdesainteloy.fr
Location complements
North-west of Clermont-Ferrand, in La Cellette, car park above the church.
Follow the blue signs as you walk.
Reception complements
For your own safety, always take a bottle of water, a hat, warm clothing and footwear suitable for walking.
Depending on the weather conditions, some routes 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 paths. Avoid picking wild flowers and disturbing wildlife. Pick up your rubbish.
Guidebook with maps/step-by-step
Start: Opposite the sign, turn left towards the church. At the crossroads, turn left at
and then straight away up Rue du Viaduc. One hundred metres before the viaduct, turn right down
. At the farm, turn left and then immediately right. Continue straight on at
, ignoring the roads on your right. Continue along Rue de la Garde, which becomes a footpath.
At the junction of four tracks, turn right. At a crossroads on a flat area, go up
to the left (Les Côtes) to the next flat area.
1 - Turn left. Go past a water tower and continue along the main path at
, ignoring the side paths. At the crossroads of 4 tracks (Courrissous), turn right onto the first
track. Continue along the viaduct. At the crossroads, turn right and then left.
At the road, turn left to get back to the starting point.
Animals
Yes. We would like to remind pet owners that they are responsible for their pets and that they must take all necessary measures to avoid any nuisance or incident (droppings, broken bin bags, noise pollution, etc.). We appeal to everyone's civic-mindedness, so that the Combrailles region retains its pleas
