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Access: from Issoire, take the D996 towards Besse. After Perrier, at the Fork in the road, turn left onto the D26 towards Besse. In Saint-Floret, park at the Pont de la Pède: if there are no spaces available, cross the bridge, take the first street on the left and continue to the town hall car park.
The walk starts at the Pont de la Pède: please note that a Blue-marked walk also starts at this point; do not follow it.
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(S/E) Cross the Pont de la Pède over the Couze Pavin, walk past the wooden shrine to the Virgin Mary on the bridge and head up along the D627 towards the last house in the village.
(1) Take a path on the left that climbs into the woods and continue until it joins the D627. Turn right onto the D627 and follow it for 100 m, leaving the RD628 on your left.
(2) At the three-way junction, take the path on the left, which continues in line with the road, and carry on until you reach the D628.
(3) Carry on along the departmental road for about a hundred metres, then turn left following the signposts and head towards the entrance to the village of Orphange.
(4) At the drinking troughs, turn right towards the village centre and carry on to Le Montel.
(5) Turn left, take the path leading uphill, cross a track and carry on towards the Chaubasse plateau. Reach Chazeras.
(6) Turn left to cross the hamlet and, at the three-way junction, turn right. You’ll reach a crossroads by an iron cross.
(7) Then turn right, passing under the high-voltage power line.
(8) Once you are near the D627, take the path on the left which leads further on to a car park near the road and the Chastel site.
(9) Cross the departmental road, then turn left to take a detour via the cemetery and the church. Return to the D627, then take the path on the left which leads down to Saint-Floret.
(10) At the bottom, take the road on the right towards a footbridge over the Couze Pavin, cross it, then turn left and head back up to the car park (S/E).
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