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The Sioulet gorges
Description
Leaving the village of Pontaumur, you discover the Sioulet, a tributary of the Sioule and a paradise for trout anglers. The wild gorges will delight lovers of unspoilt countryside.
Technical Information
Altimetric profile
Starting point
Steps
Additional information
Tips
- Le Sioulet.
- Pellefort bridge.
Updated by
Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme - 03/06/2026
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
All year round daily.
Subject to favorable weather.
Location complements
From Pontgibaud, join Pontaumur on the D941. Parking on the Place de la Poste.
Contact
Phone : 04 73 85 80 94
Email : contact@tourisme-combrailles.fr
Website : https://www.combrailles-auvergne-tourisme.fr/
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/OfficeTourismeCombrailles/
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, take the venelle Amédée Chapelle; after 50 m, turn left into the rue des Ânes, which soon becomes a footpath. Cross a metal barrier (chicane) and follow the Sioulet for approx. 2.5 km. At the intersection with a wide track, turn left down to a footbridge over the Sioulet (Pont de Pellefort).
2/ Cross the bridge and continue on the track opposite, which twists and turns into a small road. At the last house in the hamlet of Pellefort, turn left and climb up the plateau to a T-junction.
3/ Take the left-hand road. At the crossroads in the village of Bouchons, turn right; 100 m further on, turn left and at the last house in the village, take the track on the right. Follow this for about 1 km, then descend into the Sioulet valley. At the first house, take the small road on the right to join the D987 at the entrance to Pontaumur. Take this road on the left; after the supermarket, turn left to cross the Sioulet and join the Post Office parking lot.
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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