Circular via Montignac-Lascaux and Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère

This very difficult circular takes you to the village of Montignac-Lascaux, famous for its cave, and Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère, listed as one of the Most Beautiful Villages in France.

In terms of difficulty, there is a series of alternating ascents and descents. It is fairly fast-paced and the end allows you to recover.

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  • Mountain biking
    Activity: Mountain biking
  • ↔
    Distance: 30.07 mi
  • ◔
    Duration according to the author: 2 hrs 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Very difficult

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 3,215 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 3,219 ft

  • ▲
    Highest point: 794 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 220 ft
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐
    Area: Périgord
  • ⚐ City: Montignac (24290)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 45.061953° / E 1.159639°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 1936ET, 2035O, 2036ET

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    Type of surface:
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     33% Road  34% Byway  33% Path
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    Bike carrying: Not specified
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    Difficulty: Not specified
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Description of the route

Park along the Vézère river at Allée de Delbonnel.

Mountain bike trail no. 11

(S/E) With your back to the Bleufond sports complex, take Allée de Delbonnel on the right. At the stop sign, turn right, then left onto the path after the stadium. Go along the stadium, then turn left again before joining the road.

(1) Follow this road to the left.

(2) At the stop sign, turn right onto Rue du Barry, then take the first left towards La Béchade.

(3) At the stop sign, take Avenue de Lascaux on the left and continue to the end.

(4) Keep right on the D704 and, at the roundabout, turn left towards Périgueux. Continue to the next roundabout.

(5) Turn left towards Les Eyzies. Continue to the end of Rue de Juillet and, at the crossroads, continue straight ahead towards Thonac/Les Eyzies.

(6) After the traffic lights, turn right onto Rue du Général Foy towards Fanlac, then immediately turn left onto Chemin des Gardes and continue to the next crossroads.

(7) Take the cul-de-sac on the left, then at the end of it, continue along the path and turn right twice. You will reach a junction with a forest path opposite.

(8) Take the path on the left, then the one on the right that runs along the edge of the forest and arrive at a fork.

(9) Keep right on another forest path, as well as at the next fork, and reach the edge of the woods.

(10) Leave the forest via Chemin du But and walk past the houses to reach the road. Turn left, then right.

(11) At the three-way junction, keep left on the path before the house, then continue, again to the left, along the path through the fields until you reach a wood.

(12) At the fork, take the forest path on the right and continue until you reach the road.

(13) Follow the middle road, cross the Fanlac bridge and take the path on the left at the start of the forest until you reach Fanlac church.

(14) Take the street on the right, then turn left. At the end of the road, continue straight ahead on the path.

(15) At the bottom of the descent, turn onto the road on the left and pass in front of the Château d'Auberoche to continue to a road.

(16) Turn right, then take the first road on the right: Côte du Breuilh. Cross the stream, then turn left onto the path after the house. Continue straight ahead until you reach the next tarmac road.

(17) Follow it to the right until you reach the start of the second lake.

(18) Turn left onto the path that leads into the forest.

(19) At the crossroads, take the path on the left, then the one on the right, and continue until you reach a small tarmac road.

(20) Take the small road on the left and then left again at the end of it. Quickly, keep to the right, heading towards Pech d'Honneur. Then continue straight ahead until you reach a road. Keep going until the next intersection.

(21) At the 90° left turn, take the GR®36 on the right and reach the departmental road.

(22) Turn right, then take the first road on the left and walk along the cemetery until you reach the stop sign.

(23) Take Impasse de la Rochette opposite.

(24) At the fork with Chemin du Stade, turn right. Continue straight ahead to the end of the road and turn right to follow La Vézère to the village of Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère: pass under the bridge to reach Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère.

(25) Immediately afterwards, turn right, pass in front of the town hall, and turn right again, cross the bridge and continue to a four-way intersection.

(26) Turn left towards La Croix de Jacques via Chemin de la Malenie Fonchave. Pass an intersection, enter the forest and continue to a four-way crossroads near some houses.

(27) Turn left onto the castine path and, at the end of it, keep left at the houses.

(28) Take the path on the left at the entrance to the forest.

(29) Turn right at the fork, then left at the next four forks.

(30) At the fork, go up to the right towards Pechao.

(31) At the fork, turn left, pass a crossroads, then, at the edge of the forest, take the path towards the village of Sergeac.

(32) At the end of Chemin du Séchoir, turn right onto the road, pass the town hall and Cramirat Castle and continue to the edge of the village.

(33) At the crossroads, follow the road to the left towards Montignac until you reach Chemin du Lavoir de l'Odonie, on the right before a stone cross.

(34) Take this road and continue until you reach the tarmac.

(35) Keep right on the road, then turn left onto the castine path (wooden post with green band indicating the start of the trail) and join Chemin de la Muraille on the left.

(36) Follow it, enter the forest and reach a crossroads at the entrance to the hamlet of La Voulperie.

(37) Turn right onto Chemin de la Voulperie and follow it to a road.

(38) Follow it to the right, then take the road on the left towards Les Cabanes until you reach a forest path on the right.

(39) Turn onto this road and continue until you pass the cemetery. Continue along the road in the same direction and head towards the centre of the village.

(40) Turn right onto the road before the church towards the Valojoulx ponds. Continue along this path until you reach a road near a wash house.

(41) Turn right, then left onto Chemin du Castanet. Pass the hamlet and take a path on the left.

(42) Turn left onto the path between the trees and you will reach a road. Turn right towards La Peatland.

(43) Take the path on the left, then Impasse de la Peatland on the right. At the end of this, follow the path that passes to the left of the tennis court and arrive at a fork.

(44) Turn left and continue straight ahead to the end of the path, passing La Valette.

(45) At the end of Impasse de la Valette, turn right, then left onto the road. Stay on Route des Combes and keep to the right.

(46) Just after the sign for Les Combes, take the path on the right, then right again onto the path that leads into the forest.

(47) At the fork at the bottom of the valley, take the track on the left and follow the edge of the forest. Admire the view of Château de la Filolie.

(48) At the end of the path, continue straight ahead on the road.

(49) Take the path on the left after the bridge and you will come to a road.

(50) Continue straight ahead and pass to the right of the waste collection centre.

(51) At the end of the straight road, take the path on the left, then quickly continue to the right.

(52) At the fork, take the street on the right and at the stop sign, follow the road on the right and then return to the crossroads from the outward journey.

(3) Continue straight ahead to return to the starting point via the same route (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 243 ft - R. Desmoulin Stadium, in front of the tennis courts.
  2. 1 : mi 0.35 - alt. 262 ft - Gouny Path
  3. 2 : mi 0.54 - alt. 256 ft - Rue du Barry
  4. 3 : mi 0.78 - alt. 269 ft - Avenue de Lascaux
  5. 4 : mi 1.15 - alt. 249 ft - Rue du 4 Septembre
  6. 5 : mi 1.56 - alt. 272 ft - Roundabout
  7. 6 : mi 2.14 - alt. 292 ft - Rue du Général Foy
  8. 7 : mi 2.78 - alt. 522 ft - Chemin des Gardes
  9. 8 : mi 3.64 - alt. 335 ft - Forest path
  10. 9 : mi 4.09 - alt. 394 ft - Forest path
  11. 10 : mi 4.62 - alt. 650 ft - Chemin du But
  12. 11 : mi 5.09 - alt. 745 ft - Path
  13. 12 : mi 5.29 - alt. 709 ft - Forest path
  14. 13 : mi 5.86 - alt. 394 ft - Memorial Route
  15. 14 : mi 6.32 - alt. 728 ft - Church
  16. 15 : mi 6.91 - alt. 466 ft - Chemin du Château d'Auberoche
  17. 16 : mi 7.95 - alt. 338 ft - Jacquou Road
  18. 17 : mi 9.13 - alt. 292 ft - Fongran Road
  19. 18 : mi 9.56 - alt. 341 ft - Forest path - Fongran (ruisseau) - Affluent du Thonac
  20. 19 : mi 9.82 - alt. 489 ft - Forest path
  21. 20 : mi 10.32 - alt. 696 ft - Impasse d'Engout
  22. 21 : mi 11.66 - alt. 495 ft - Path
  23. 22 : mi 11.94 - alt. 285 ft - Route de la Vallée
  24. 23 : mi 12.17 - alt. 240 ft - Impasse de la Rochette
  25. 24 : mi 12.33 - alt. 243 ft - Chemin du Stade
  26. 25 : mi 12.97 - alt. 226 ft - Village of Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère - Vézère (rivière)
  27. 26 : mi 13.36 - alt. 285 ft - Chemin de la Malénie Fonchave
  28. 27 : mi 14.73 - alt. 719 ft - Castine path
  29. 28 : mi 15.05 - alt. 696 ft - Forest path
  30. 29 : mi 15.3 - alt. 574 ft - Path
  31. 30 : mi 16.16 - alt. 371 ft - Pechao Path
  32. 31 : mi 16.51 - alt. 600 ft - Path
  33. 32 : mi 17.11 - alt. 276 ft - Castel Merle Road
  34. 33 : mi 17.27 - alt. 269 ft - Route de la Vézère
  35. 34 : mi 17.6 - alt. 230 ft - Chemin du Lavoir de l'Odonie
  36. 35 : mi 17.93 - alt. 276 ft - Chemin de l'Etang - Seignolle (cours d'eau) - Affluent de la Vézère
  37. 36 : mi 18.31 - alt. 302 ft - Chemin de la Muraille - Seignolle (cours d'eau) - Affluent de la Vézère
  38. 37 : mi 18.66 - alt. 427 ft - Chemin de la Voulperie
  39. 38 : mi 19.99 - alt. 584 ft - Road
  40. 39 : mi 20.42 - alt. 594 ft - Forest path
  41. 40 : mi 21.03 - alt. 312 ft - Route des Moulins
  42. 41 : mi 22.84 - alt. 453 ft - Lascaux Road - Turançon (cours d'eau) - Affluent de la Vézère
  43. 42 : mi 23.64 - alt. 709 ft - Forest path
  44. 43 : mi 23.99 - alt. 682 ft - Impasse of the Peatland
  45. 44 : mi 24.37 - alt. 659 ft - Forest path
  46. 45 : mi 25.32 - alt. 764 ft - Valette Haute path
  47. 46 : mi 26.02 - alt. 712 ft - Impasse des Combes
  48. 47 : mi 26.37 - alt. 518 ft - Chemin Château de la Filolie - Château de la Grande Filolie
  49. 48 : mi 26.76 - alt. 479 ft - Road
  50. 49 : mi 26.91 - alt. 449 ft - Forest path
  51. 50 : mi 27.25 - alt. 407 ft - Waste collection centre
  52. 51 : mi 28.5 - alt. 328 ft - Forest path
  53. 52 : mi 28.96 - alt. 302 ft - Chemin des Quatre Découvreurs
  54. S/E : mi 30.07 - alt. 243 ft - R. Desmoulin Stadium, in front of the tennis courts.

Notes

Follow the mountain bike trail (orange triangle) no. 11.

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