LOOP
in Bagnols

Ponchet

A loop from Bagnols in an environment of meadows, basalt blocks, glacial deposits which offers an important heritage: bread oven, wells, fountains, Romanesque stone cross presenting a Christ, basalt bridges over the streams...
Tips and Suggestions

– “Bois de Burols” sports course.
– Panorama on the western slope of Sancy and the Cantal mountains.
– Heritage: bread oven, wells, fountains, stone crosses, basalt bridges, Romanesque church.

Topo / step by step

1/ From the starting sign, turn left towards "Four de Ponchet" and continue straight on the small road to the common oven and the cross of the Templars of Ponchet. After a farm, on a curve, take a stony path to the right. At the T-intersection, turn left and continue until the D25.

2/ Turn left. After the first house, take the small road on the right “direction Greloux” and turn immediately left. At the crossroads, go right, pass a farm and continue on a wide path. In a curve, take a path on the left between dry stone walls which goes up to Beth. Take the tarmac path on the right and go down to a small wooden cross. Leave the road and go right. In the undergrowth, stay right. On the descent, ignore the path on the left. After the stream, going uphill, turn right. Continue through the woods until you reach a wide forest path.

3/ Take it on the left for 20 m and turn right at a tight angle. Turn immediately left. After a short steep descent, follow the track halfway up the left until you reach the sign for the “Bois de Burols” sports course. Turn left, then, at the fork, turn right and follow the path until you leave the woods. Continue to Antijoux. Pass in front of the first house and turn right onto the path between the low walls. Cross the bridge, head towards the church to reach the start.

Route details

Bagnols
Loop
Yellow
Autumn, Summer, Winter, Spring

Description

Departure – From the departure sign, turn left towards “Four de Ponchet” and continue straight on the small road to the common oven and the cross of the Templars of Ponchet. After a farm, on a curve, take a stony path to the right. At the T-intersection, turn left and continue until the D25.

1 – Turn left. After the first house, take the small road on the right “direction Greloux” and turn immediately left. At the crossroads, go right, pass a farm and continue on a wide path. In a curve, take a path on the left between dry stone walls which goes up to Beth. Take the tarmac path on the right and go down to a small wooden cross. Leave the road and go right. In the undergrowth, stay right. On the descent, ignore the path on the left. After the stream, going uphill, turn right. Continue through the woods until you reach a wide forest path.

2 – Take it on the left for 20 m and turn right at a steep angle. Turn immediately left. After a short steep descent, follow the track halfway up the left until you reach the sign for the “Bois de Burols” sports course. Turn left, then, at the fork, turn right and follow the path until you leave the woods. Continue to Antijoux. Pass in front of the first house and turn right onto the path between the low walls. Cross the bridge, head towards the church to reach the start.
Pedestrian sportsHiking route
DifficultyModerateDuration02 p.m.Elevation210 D +Distance9,0 kmMax Altitude921m
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