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Around the puy de Mercoeur
Description
A hike in the heart of the Puys chain, close to the puy de Dôme. The path, lined with beech and spruce trees at Mercoeur, leads to the foot of Puy de Lassolas (recommended climb to the summit), before opening out onto the Beaune agricultural plateau.
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Altimetric profile
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Additional information
Tips
- Typical Dôme mountain habitat at Beaune and Laschamps (14th-century church).
- Mouth-watering crater of Lassolas (off the 20-minute AR circuit).
- Panorama from the top of the puy de Lassolas.
Updated by
Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme - 02/06/2026
www.puydedome-tourisme.com/
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Environments
In the country
Forest location
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 La Baraque in the Orcines commune, take the 942 towards Col de la Moréno. After Enval, turn left (D767A) to Laschamp. Parking lot near the church.
Contact
Phone : 04 73 98 65 00
Email : info@clermontauvergnevolcans.com
Website : https://www.clermontauvergnevolcans.com
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/clermontauvergnevolcans/
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/ Opposite the drinking trough on Place du Bonnet, walk 30 m up the road and take the first turning on the left. At the road, take the path opposite, passing a water tower on the left and continuing straight ahead until you reach a crossroads.
2/ Continue straight ahead through the forest to a large crossroads.
3/ Go down the track opposite under the hazel trees. At the crow's feet, turn left to the crossroads at the bottom of the slope.
4/ Take the left-hand path up through the woods to cross the pass between the Mercoeur and Lassolas puys. Continue down through the woods to a large clearing at the crossroads.
5/ Continue straight ahead on a wide track. At the crow's-foot turn right, then left (Roche Quairière and cross on the left). Go downhill towards the village of Beaune. Turn left on the D52 towards a watering place.
6/ Turn right up rue de la Côte. 50 m after the wash-house, fork left under the church (panoramic view of the puys de la Vache, Mey, Lassolas and Mercoeur). Continue along a property wall. Continue to the second crossroads at the top of the hill.
7/ Turn left. At the crow's-foot, go straight on to the village of Laschamp (view of the Puy de Dôme on the right). At the road, follow it to the right, then turn right down the Chemin du Coudert to reach the parking lot.
Proposed and managed by the Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme - PDIPR.
Animals
Yes. All dogs must be kept on leashes because of the presence of herds.
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