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La Banne d'Ordanche
Description
This basaltic peak (1515 m) is renowned for the beauty of its scenery. In spring, the fields are filled with daffodils. The panorama is breathtaking: Artense, massif du Sancy, Vallée de la Dordogne, la Bourboule, puys de la Tache, la Monne...
Technical Information
Altimetric profile
Starting point
Additional information
Distinctions
Listed PDIPR
Tips
- View of Lac du Guéry (1,264 m), the highest lake in Auvergne.
- Le Mont-Dore and La Bourboule valleys.
- View of the Massif du Sancy and Plomb du Cantal.
- View of Artense and Combrailles.
- Orientation table.
Updated by
Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme - 02/06/2026
www.puydedome-tourisme.com/
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Environments
Lake view
Mountain view
Mountain location
Presence of livestock and guard dogs
Open period
From 01/01 to 31/12 daily.
Subject to favorable weather.
Contact
Phone : 04 73 65 20 21
Email : ot.sancy@sancy.com
Website : http://www.sancy.com
Topo guides and map references
Topo guides references :
2013 - Randonnez-vous - Discovering the Puy-de-Dôme - Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme
Type of land
Ground
Location complements
In Murat-le-Quaire (above La Bourboule), opposite the church, turn left onto the D 609. Turn left after the lake, and turn right at the end of the parking lot.
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/ From the sign, go downhill towards the vacation village, cross a road, go downhill opposite and follow a track to the left. At the road, turn left as far as the "one-way" sign.
2/ Take the left-hand path towards "lac du Guéry". Keep right and climb up to the edge of the wood. Leaving a track on your right, continue straight on, following the signs for "lac du Guéry", until you reach the footbridge crossing the first stream.
3/ Continue along the track, crossing two more streams. Turn left and follow the GR30 towards "lac du Guéry". Cross a stepladder and continue along the path to the left of the stream as far as the signposts. Leave the GR30 and take a left-hand path towards "Banne d'Ordanche". Climb the "Tenon" hillock and continue to the "Saint-Laurent" pass.
4/ At the pass, turn left (view of the Sancy and Plomb du Cantal). Continue in the direction of La Banne until you reach a staircase (view of La Bourboule, Artense and Combrailles, off PR climb to La Banne via the staircase, orientation table). Continue along the grassy path to the aeromodelling parking lot. Take the left-hand road to a crossroads.
5/ Turn right onto the road, then quickly left onto a track leading downhill towards Murat-le-Quaire. Continue straight on, ignoring the paths on the right and left, until you reach the road on the left, which takes you back 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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