Belvédère du Puy

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A pleasant walk with a beautiful view on arrival at the Belvédère du Puy.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 2.79 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 55 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate
  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 1,913 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 1,883 ft
  • ▲
    Highest point: 3,025 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 1,234 ft
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Description of the walk

Park at the side of the D30A before the hamlet of l’Évêché.

(S/E) Opposite the hamlet, take the path on the left, which climbs at a moderate gradient through the forest until it crosses the road (D30).

(1) Continue straight ahead. Once you are near the road, take a sharp left-hand bend to join it, cross the road and rejoin the path opposite, slightly to the right.

(2) Cross the road again, follow the path opposite which serves as a shortcut and will cross the same road three times. The third time, continue to the right for about a hundred metres.

(3) Leave the road and take a path on the left. This path heads south-east through a sparse woodland and up a gently sloping hill to reach the Belvédère du Puy (936 m)

(4) Return via the same route to the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 1,234 ft - Car park on the D30A before the hamlet of l’Évêché
  2. 1 : mi 0.44 - alt. 1,877 ft - Junction with the road
  3. 2 : mi 0.77 - alt. 2,362 ft - D30. Cross
  4. 3 : mi 1.06 - alt. 2,697 ft - Junction with the GR
  5. 4 : mi 1.39 - alt. 2,969 ft - Belvédère du Puy (936 m)
  6. S/E : mi 2.79 - alt. 1,234 ft - Car park on the D30A before the hamlet of l’Évêché

Notes

Take care when crossing the D30.

Reviews and comments

4 / 5
Based on 2 reviews
Reliability of the description
4.5 / 5
Ease of following the route
5 / 5
Route interest
2.5 / 5
Adrien Usseglio
Adrien Usseglio

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : May 27, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

A lovely little walk through the forest to the Belvédère du Puy, where a magnificent view awaits you.
There are a few quite steep sections
PS: I set off from the bottom of the village of La Terrasse au Carre

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AALEX
AALEX

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 26, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing
Very busy route : No

I’m sorry, but I didn’t find this walk particularly interesting, apart from the lovely view at the end. It’s rated as a medium-difficulty walk, yet it’s nothing but an uphill climb – at times very strenuous – along muddy paths that cut across the hairpin bends of the Route des Petites Roches. I wouldn’t recommend it to those who are not very fit or during the wet season.

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