Baracuchet on the edge of Auvergne

Park on the left on the hard shoulder, opposite the brown ONF sign: ‘Forêt sectionnale de Barge, Le Palais, Le Bennevis, Le Pin’.

(S/E) Take the forest track marked ‘No vehicles over 3.5 tonnes from 1 November to 30 May’.
It turns into a dirt track and leads to a four-way junction at elevation 1192.

(1) Head right, westwards, to a four-way junction at an elevation of 1,249 metres.

(2) In the middle of the dark coniferous woodland, turn left onto the track that runs alongside the two Cinq Fonts spring catchments and then joins the GR®3.

(3) Follow it to the right, passing another Cinq Fonts water catchment, and stay on the wide, sandy track to the right.

(4) Leave the forest track and take a path on the left.

(5) At the Pierre aux Sept Trous, turn right and head back up to the RD113. Cross the road and turn left opposite the small quarry. Follow this path for 400 m.

(6) Before the path starts to go downhill again, turn right into the forest. Continue until you reach a path near a shepherd's hut.

(7) Turn right onto it. It becomes a tarmac road.

(8) At the 1140 mark, leave the road and take a track on the right, heading due south, until you reach a spring catchment. Continue along this track, which overlooks the D113 and joins it further on.

(9) Cross the road and take the track opposite.

(10) At the shepherd's hut, veer slightly to the right and follow this track uphill to the car park. (S/E)

Follow the PR®11 black-on-yellow markings.
This route was created by the Bard municipal trails committee. You can find all the information at: http://www.bard.fr/fr/information/80782/...

Between points (4) you will pass the Pierre aux Sept Trous.