Circuit n° 11 : Le Pied du Fraisse

A hike to the highest point (808 m) in the commune of Lanobre. The Fraysse site, a volcanic vestige of the Artense plateau, offers a 360° panorama and an orientation table.

Some fifty volcanic edifices are scattered from the Artense to the Sumène and Dordogne valleys. Erected between 10 and 6.5 million years ago, all that remains of these volcanoes today are a few buttes, the remains of their chimneys (necks), a few prismatic flows and some spectacular domes and dome-falls. The volcanoes here are monogenic in nature, with each eruption producing just one type of lava in a short space of time.

Departure point: Kiosk in the Gane gardens. Go as far as the traffic circle. Take the second right towards Le Bourg, then the first right. Cross Place de l'Église.
In front of the town hall, turn right towards Champs-sur-Tarentaine-Marchal as far as the media library. Turn left into rue des Coustilles. At the intersection, follow signs for Farreyrolles.