In the woods of Peyrignac

A superb walk, mostly through woodland with very little road. Walk around Peyrignac and its hamlets, enjoying the peace and quiet of the forest.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 24.62 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 8h 55 
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    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
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    Ascent: + 657 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 651 m

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    Highest point: 315 m
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    Lowest point: 114 m

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Description of the walk

Park in the small car park in front of the church.

(S/E) Walk past the town hall up Route du Lardin, then turn right onto Route de la Chapoulie. Walk past the castle, then past a property with a small pond, until you reach a crossroads. Turn left.

(1) Leave the road and take the path on the left. Pass the houses of La Bonnelle, turn right before the water treatment plant and enter the woods. You will reach a crossroads at the edge of the woods.

(2) Take the path on your left, following the Nuelle and the A89 at a distance on your right. Cross the stream, join the white path and follow it, turning left at the hairpin bend to quickly reach a three-way junction.

(3) Turn right onto Route de Serre Marsal, pass under the A89 motorway and continue straight ahead until you leave the wooded area: this is a short stretch of road, but with fairly wide verges.

(4) Turn left onto Chemin des Chabannes, then continue along the small path on your right, leaving the property on your left. After about 200 m, turn right and exit onto Route de Guillaumaux.

(5) Cross it carefully to follow Route de la Geoffrenie opposite, then turn left at a 90° angle onto Route du Bois de Valin.

(6) Take the path on your right. Continue to Route de Serre Bru, and turn right to cross the hamlet. Go to the sharp right-hand bend.

(7) Keep an eye out on your left: there is a path (not shown on maps) that allows you to rejoin the route without taking the main road. Otherwise, continue along the road until you reach the D64 (route choice). Turn left and follow it carefullyuntil you reach the first crossroads.

(8) Take the path on the left, pass under the A89 again and go past a building on your left.

(9) Turn left about 50 metres further on and continue along the circular of the Viaduc to the hamlet of La Mothe.

(10) Take the Route de la Mothe on the right, then turn left onto Impasse des Ardoisières. Follow the road to a junction that is not shown on the map.

(11) Turn left to join Route de la Gélade. Continue along it on the left to reach the junction with the D62.

(12) Make a short first turn right then left, crossing carefully, then follow the path that enters the undergrowth, passes through Grands Cournils and joins Route de Serre Marsal.

(13) Turn right and continue to the hamlet of the same name.

(14) Turn into the cul-de-sac on the left and, after a few metres, take the path on the right. Continue, cross two bridges and you will come out on Route du Bois Dijeau.

(15) Follow it to the right for about 50 metres, then leave it and take a path on the right that joins Allée des Grands Bois. Turn right and continue straight ahead to enter the undergrowth. At the crossroads at the edge of the forest, turn right, cross a stream and you will find yourself back on Route de Serre Marsal.

(16) Follow it for a few metres to the right, then cross it to rejoin the path. Continue along Chemin du Pré des Culottes, cross the Nuelle, then continue left on Chemin des Condaminas until you reach Route de Trassalvas.

(17) Turn left until the end of the tarmac road, then continue along the path that extends from it. Walk alongside a pond on your right and you will come out onto Route de la Tour. Turn right onto this road until you reach the Cheyrat crossroads.

(18) Turn right onto Route des Iris. After about 200 metres, turn left onto the path that leads to Route des Minorquins. Continue left, pass the crossroads and go straight on, passing the access to La Combe.

(19) Take the path on the right. Cross the forest (stream) and continue to Chemin de la Chauffeloup, where you will find yourself back on tarmac.

(20) Turn right, walk for about 150 metres, then turn right again to reach Chemin de Font Lioran. Turn right and continue to Route du Combal.

(21) Continue to the right, join Route de la Brousse and follow it, heading left.

(22) When you reach the cemetery, turn right onto Chemin de la Fontdomenge. Once you reach the end and are facing the church, turn left to return to the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 194 m - Church car park
  2. 1 : km 0.75 - alt. 168 m - Path on the left
  3. 2 : km 1.73 - alt. 116 m - Path on the left
  4. 3 : km 4.18 - alt. 175 m - Serre Marsal Road
  5. 4 : km 5.2 - alt. 216 m - Chemin des Chabannes
  6. 5 : km 5.82 - alt. 247 m - Guillaumaux Road
  7. 6 : km 6.54 - alt. 251 m - Path on the right
  8. 7 : km 8.05 - alt. 177 m - Shortcut possible
  9. 8 : km 8.74 - alt. 146 m - Crossroads, road on the left
  10. 9 : km 9.6 - alt. 263 m - Fork to the left
  11. 10 : km 10.74 - alt. 304 m - La Mothe
  12. 11 : km 11.25 - alt. 244 m - Crossroads, on the left
  13. 12 : km 12.45 - alt. 306 m - D62
  14. 13 : km 14.18 - alt. 185 m - Serre Marsal Road
  15. 14 : km 14.75 - alt. 231 m - Serre Marsal
  16. 15 : km 15.89 - alt. 234 m - Route du Bois Dijeau
  17. 16 : km 17.4 - alt. 266 m - Serre Marsal Road
  18. 17 : km 18.87 - alt. 303 m - Trassalvas Road
  19. 18 : km 19.92 - alt. 308 m - Cheyrat, Route des Iris
  20. 19 : km 21 - alt. 304 m - Path on the right
  21. 20 : km 22.55 - alt. 238 m - Chemin de la Chauffeloup
  22. 21 : km 23.78 - alt. 219 m - Route du Combal
  23. 22 : km 24.32 - alt. 204 m - Cemetery, Chemin de la Fontdomenge
  24. S/E : km 24.62 - alt. 193 m - Church car park

Notes

(2) Alternative: you can continue on the same track, which is easier. The two tracks rejoin further on.

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