Bois de Pierre Blanche
Start: Eglise de La-Chapelle-Agnon
Along open tracks or paths through the woods, across a rugged landscape where the houses are scattered, you leave La Chapelle-Agnon, home of Lucien Gachon and a former weaving centre that turned to making rosaries after 1850.
- Distance
- 9.3 km
- Elevation gain
- +257 m
- Elevation loss
- -257 m
- Duration
- 2 h 45 min
Route on the map
Base map © OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA): route licensed under ODbL via Données : Parc Naturel Régional Livradois-Forez · rando.parc-livradois-forez.org — sous licence ODbL.
The route in detail
Start from the church of La Chapelle Agnon. Climb to the main street and leave the village by the Bertignat road (D65). Immediately after the bridge, turn right towards Mayet and go 500 m.
(1) Leave the Mayet road to follow a grassy track on the right. Continue straight on at the first crossing, then right at the fork.
(2) Cross the D 87 and take the track opposite. At the intersection, carry straight on, then bear left at the fork.
(3) In front of the farm, at the entrance to Le Barissal, climb to the right on a sunken lane and bear left twice.
(4) In the bois des Pradelles, take the track for 20 m on the left. Then turn right onto a stony track. On leaving the wood, go along a plantation on your right-hand side and carry straight on at the crossroads.
(5) At the entrance to Les Collanges, take the track furthest to the right and follow it straight on. Turn right onto the road, go round the Fraisse farm to take a track through the trees. Keep the same direction as far as Montmy.
(6) At the iron cross, in Montmy, go down onto the road, then take the second track on the right. Stay on the right at the fork. Cross the road, take the track opposite and go straight back to the church.
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