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Park in the car park at the Gorges d’Enval visitor centre.
(S/E) Please note at the start: the beginning is a little technical, and there may be a lot of water depending on the season, so there are two possible starting points:
- take the APAGE path on the left, reach the junction at point 13, then take thefirst path on the right to reach the path junction after the waterfall.
- Cross the wooden bridge (this is the route shown on the map) on the right and follow the path to the large waterfall. Climb up to the right of the waterfall and continue uphill to the scree, then head left and cross the stream to rejoin the APAGE path.
(1) Follow the path running alongside the stream to the right. Cross the bridge and continue to the left along the stream. You will come out onto the Beauvaleix road; turn left.
Turn right under the ‘Sentier des Cascades’ archway. Follow the path through the woods. Cross the bridge and continue along the stream. You’ll reach the Petit Gornand waterfall.
(2) Climb the steps to the left of the waterfall. Take the path on the left at the junction with the path leading to Facemeunier. Ford the stream and climb the steps. Walk along the cliff face, then head up the path on the left. Turn right onto the Sentier du Renard. Continue through the woods until you reach a crossroads in a large clearing, where there is a farm.
(3) Continue straight ahead along this wide path; about a hundred metres further on, you’ll come to a four-way crossroads.
(4) Turn right at a 90° angle and begin a gentle descent with a few hairpin bends to reach a crossroads above the village of Crouzol.
(5) Stay on the path on the right and continue the descent until you reach a stone bridge.
(6) Cross the bridge, walk alongside the stream at a distance, then ford it to reach Tournoël Castle.
(7) Then turn right onto theGR®®441, marked in red and white. Walk slightly uphill to reach the statue of Notre-Dame de la Garde, above Volvic.
(8) Take the middle path and walk down to the water reservoir. At the reservoir, follow the road to the left and then to the right. At the junction, turn right towards the Grotte de la Pierre de Volvic.
In the car park of the Volvic Organic Resort, take the path on the right. After crossing the Chemin de Viallard, make your way to the Goulet car park through the woods.
(9) Turn right as you leave the car park; you are still on theGR®®441. Follow it for a few hundred metres more until you reach a crossroads of paths.
(10) Leave theGR®® here and turn 90° to the right onto the path. Stay on this path, ignoring the branches to the right and then to the left. Following a double circular loop – first to the right, then to the left – cross a stream and emerge onto a tarmac road.
(11) Cross the road, then begin an easy climb up the slope beneath the Puy de la Bannière. You’ll rejoin theGR®®441once more.
(12) Follow it to the right for about a hundred metres, then leave it to take a path on the left. Head downhill, cross a stream, then head back uphill and continue, ignoring the various paths branching off to the right and left. At the edge of the woodland, you’ll come to the crossroads in the clearing that you passed on the way out.
(3) Turn right until you reach the next crossroads, which you also passed on the way out.
(4) Take the wide path on the left and walk through the village of Beauvaleix. Turn right onto Rue Ham de Beauvaleix. Continue into the forest along the path that follows it to reach the junction with the APAGE path.
(13) Take thesecond path on the left to return easily to the Gorges d’Enval car park (S/E).
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