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Moulins des Donnes
Description
This circuit has preserved the rural heritage of bygone days (shoeing loom, fountain, granite and cast-iron crosses, well, bread oven) in a natural setting with views of the Forez mountains and its highest point at Pierre-Sur-Haute (1634m).
Technical Information
Altimetric profile
Starting point
Additional information
Tips
View of the Forez mountains and its highest point at Pierre-Sur-Haute (1634 m).
Updated by
Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme - 02/07/2026
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 Saint-Amant-Roche-Savine, take the D37 for 4 km towards Grandval.
Contact
Phone : 07 85 96 70 89
Email : sylviane.echalier-tronchon@vacances-livradois-forez.fr
Website : https://www.auvergne-livradois-forez.com
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 church, climb up to the village exit. At the crossroads, turn right. At the last house, go straight on (right, A-R calvaire: 5 min) for 500 m (view of Monts du Forez), then turn left onto a forest track. At the yellow sign (À droite, A-R moulin des Donnes: 10 min), go straight on. Continue on this forest track.
2/ At the crossroads, take the road to the right and immediately turn left onto the track. Go straight through Sabatier, then turn left and come to a cross. Take the tarred track on the right as far as Epinat (view of the Forez mountains).
3/ Cross the village and continue towards the D37. At the crossroads, cross the D37 and take the track opposite, to the left of the signposts. Reach the village of Fournier, then turn left down a track which passes a wash-house. Continue and take a path to the left, which descends into the undergrowth. Continue as far as the hamlet of Le Mas.
4/ The path continues along a tarmac road. At the crossroads, take the road on the right, then immediately take the grassy path on the left. Keep to the main path. Walk alongside the pond. Take the road that climbs to the right towards the village center and back to the church.
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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