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From Le Lioran, take the D67, pass the Col de Cère, then take the small road on the right that goes up to Font de Cère, then to the Col de Font de Cère. Park in the car park.
(S/E) Pass the Le Buron restaurant and the ski slopes on your right and you will soon reach a crossroads.
(1) Take the GR® 4 - GR® 400, which climbs steeply to the left, until you reach an intersection at the pass with the Rombière chairlift on your right.
(2) Turn right towards the Col de Rombière.
(3) Follow theGR® on the left, which runs almost horizontally, and reach the Col de Cabre.
(4) At the crossroads, continue on theGR® on the left and climb gradually to a fork at the ridge at an altitude of 1636 metres. At the summit, there is also a beautiful view of the Monts du Cantal.
(5) Set off along the ridge line on the left towards the Brèche de Rolland and Puy Mary.
(6) Descend to the bottom of the breach and climb back up, which requires a bit of scrambling. Caution is advised for this section.
After the breach, begin the ascent of Puy Mary. This requires sure footing. At the summit, an orientation table allows you to observe the exceptional panorama of all the puys of Cantal and the Sancy mountain range.
(7) Descend towards Pas de Peyrol on a well-maintained path designed to facilitate access for tourists.
(8) At Pas de Peyrol, turn right and carefully descend the departmental road for about 1 km until you reach the start of a path on the right.
(9) Take this path, which runs alongside the road, until you reach a large hairpin bend at an altitude of 1,466 metres.
(10) Take the path on the right, which climbs gradually to the ridge line and joins the route you have already taken.
(5) Ignore this and climb left up the north slope of Puy de Peyre Arse, along the ridge. The path follows the ridge and is sometimes narrow, then passes under the rocky outcrop to reach a fork at a small pass.
(11) Turn right and reach the summit of this hill after a few more metres.
(12) Descend to the small pass.
(11) Turn right and head for the Col de Cabre.
(4) Follow the same route back and return to the car park at the Col du Font de Cère (S/E).
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Moderate 
Very difficult 
