From the Blot-l'Église stadium, head for the Étang Magaud, a fishing and leisure lake, and enjoy the panoramic view over the Sioule Gorges.
Start: Opposite the start sign, turn right onto the D122. Take the track on the right after the stadium. Follow the road to the left for 50m and turn right onto a wide track. Go straight ahead and, at the junction 200m after the forest, take the track on the right. In the forest, turn left at the fork. Ignore 2 paths on the left. At the next crossroads, continue straight ahead until you come to an intersection with a meadow (view of the Combrailles).
1 - Turn left. Stay on the main track and descend to a T-junction. Continue downhill until you reach the road (Tableix village). Follow it to the left. Reach a main road. Go up to the left (view of the Sioule valley). At the crossroads, turn left onto the grassy path that joins a road below. Follow this road to the left. At the bend on the right, turn left up a wide track. At the crossroads, continue uphill to the left. Leave a track on your left and you will come to a road. Turn left and then left again. Continue along a wide track. Go through a wood and downhill to a crossroads.
2 - Continue downhill to the right until you reach a road. Cross it and continue towards Manzat. Cross a stream. As you climb, take the first track on the right. At the fork in the road, keep right as far as the access road to Etang Magaud (picnic area, Etang Magaud).
3 - Turn left into a hairpin bend and follow the pond on your right. Drive up to the entrance to Montgondol and immediately turn left. At the next crossroads, turn left and then immediately right onto the track leading downhill. Drive alongside a small pond on your left. At the T-junction, turn left. Continue along the main track. Cross a stream. Cross a road and reach the main road through Villemorie.
Follow this road to the right for 100m, then turn right down the rue des lavandières until you reach a fork in the road
4 - Go up to the left. At the second fork, continue to the right. At the T-junction, turn right. Keep going, leaving a track on your left (viewpoint). At the junction of three signposted circuits, turn left onto a road. Follow the road to the left and take the first track on the left. At the fork, go right down through the woods to the road. Turn left for 10 metres, then right through a gate onto a forest track. Leave a wide track on the right. Go through the wood exit barrier and immediately take the wide track on the left.
At the junction of four tracks, turn left towards the equestrian centre (Les Frisons de l'Ambène) and Château de Blot, which is very close to the starting point.
- Type : Boucle
- Environnement : In the country
- Animaux acceptés : Les chiens doivent être obligatoirement tenus en laisse en raison de la présence de troupeaux
- Pour votre sécurité, prenez toujours avec vous une bouteille d'eau, un chapeau, des vêtements chauds et contre la pluie, et équipez-vous de chaussures adaptées à la marche.
Selon les conditions météorologiques, certains itinéraires sont déconseillés par mauvais temps (brouillard) ou ne sont pas praticables, voire interdits, durant la saison hivernale.
Certains sites sont fragiles, restez sur les sentiers aménagés. Évitez de cueillir les fleurs sauvages et de dérangez la faune. Ramassez vos déchets.
Sur certains itinéraires, les animaux sont interdits.