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Description
This is one of the most beautiful routes in the whole department, with 4 waterfalls to discover while hiking along the ridge paths on either side of the Croix Saint-Robert and Croix-Morand passes. The panoramas are splendid.
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Additional information
Distinctions
Listed PDIPR
Tips
- Magnificent views of the Monts Dore.
- The Croix-Saint-Robert and Croix-Morand passes.
- The Grande Cascade with its 30 m waterfall.
- Panoramic views of the Sancy, Cantal mountains, Puys chain and Lac du Guéry.
- The Barbier, Monne and Tache puys.
- The Rossignolet waterfalls.
- The Queureuilh waterfall.
- Nearby: the spa towns of La Bourboule and Le Mont-Dore.
Updated by
Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme - 02/06/2026
www.puydedome-tourisme.com/
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Environments
Mountain view
Mountain location
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
Location complements
At Le Mont-Dore, 45 km SW of Clermont-Ferrand, take the La Bourboule / A89 direction, then the Prends-toi-garde direction to the landscaped cemetery. Departure sign at the entrance to the parking lot.
Topo guides and map references
Topo guides references :
2015 - Randos au fil de l'eau - Discovering the Puy-de-Dôme - Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme.
2019 - Volcano hikes - Discovering the Puy-de-Dôme - Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme.
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 start sign, follow the finishing road downhill for approx. 600 m, then the route des cascades. 50 m before the stop sign, turn left onto the chemin des Monteyroux, then left again onto the path which climbs through the woods to reach a road. Turn right down this road for 150 m, then left onto chemin de Melchi-Rose. Follow this straight ahead to the road, leaving the Chemin de la Chape and Chemin de la Bane on your right.
2/ Turn right onto the path leading up to the large waterfall. Cross the footbridge and continue straight ahead. At the top of the stairs (viewpoint), continue straight on towards Roc de Cuzeau. At the stepladder, cross the fence and follow it to the left until you reach a second stepladder. Climb the ladder and follow the fence down to the right, towards the shepherd's hut. Turn left on a tarmac track to the Col de la Croix St-Robert road.
3/ Cross the road and climb upwards between the fences, pass a stepladder and continue along the track towards a pass. Cross a second stepladder and immediately turn right to climb the puy de l'Angle (panorama of the Sancy, Monts du Cantal, Chaîne des Puys, Guéry and Chambon lakes). At the summit, turn left down the path shared with the GR4, then climb up the flanks of the Barbier and Monne puys and climb to the puy de la Tache. Go straight on, start the descent, pass a stepladder and stay to the right of the fence; turn right to reach the Col de la Croix-Morand parking lot.
4/ Turn left onto the road, after 500 m turn right and then immediately left onto the passageway. Cross a fence, go down into the undergrowth, pass another fence and continue on to under the ferme de la Tache. Take the small road on the left which leads to the D983.
5/ Go straight down a stony track in the undergrowth. Do not cross the stream, but follow it along the right bank on a small path. Keep to the right to reach the foot of the Rossignolet waterfall. Cross the footbridges and go left up to the tarmac road, turn left and then immediately right towards the Queureuilh waterfall. Cross a footbridge and, in a hairpin bend, continue to the right (waterfall on the left). At the crossroads, turn right and at "Esperrats" continue straight ahead to reach the start.
Proposed and managed by the Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme - PDIPR.
Animals
No pets allowed.
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