The Chemin de Bouldoires

In the heart of a rich agricultural region (La Viadène) with mountainous accents, this granite plateau offers contrasting landscapes and a rich traditional heritage.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 16.03 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 5h 25 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 305 m
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    Descent: - 312 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 853 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 672 m

Description of the walk

Park at Place de l'Église (S/E), follow Rue du 19 Mars 1962 eastwards towards the Town Hall, then take Avenue de Laguiole opposite. Walk along the cemetery and continue on the D644. After the Montagne de Prat crossroads, 200 metres further on, take a sharp left turn onto a dirt track. Climb up into the woods, then find a path running alongside a pasture and return to the D644 at the Conquettes crossroads.

(1) Continue straight ahead on the D644 to La Grange (houses on the right). Turn left onto a farm track leading to Conquettes. At the farm buildings, turn right towards Le Badieu. After the farm, turn 90° left onto a grassy path and head for Les Mousses (beautifully restored buildings). Follow the service road on the right (leaving Le Phalip on your left) then a wide path to La Fabrie (renovated farm).

(2) Turn left and continue across the pastures on a pleasant sandy path. Pass under the high-voltage line and come out onto the road from Les Bassades. Take this road to the right for 1 km. Arrive 100 m before the junction with the D167.

(3) Turn left onto a track leading to the motocross track. At the first crossroads, turn right and climb up to marker 854. Continue straight ahead and, after a small coniferous wood, turn right onto a pleasant, level forest track leading to the village of Bouldoires (a traditional village worth visiting, with typical houses).

(4) At the entrance to the village, take a sharp right turn onto the D167. Follow it for 350 metres.
Continue left onto the farm track, then a sunken track, which can be muddy in places, to reach Rayrolles. Cross the hamlet. At the exit, continue along a pleasant dirt track towards Fonteilles.

(5) Leave the farm on your left and continue along the small road leading to the D97 for 1.2km. Reach the junction towards Le Champ.

(6) Continue for 300m on the road, then turn right onto a small sandy path between two fences and enter the woods. Descend via a "forest path" to the stream. Cross, turn left for 150m, then climb to the right towards the industrial estate. Reach the cemetery.

(7) Turn left onto Chemin des Prades, which leads to the D97. Go up to the right towards the war memorial and the church to return to the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 707 m - Car park: Place de l'Eglise
  2. 1 : km 1.8 - alt. 765 m - Croisement des Conquettes
  3. 2 : km 4.34 - alt. 798 m - La Fabrie farm
  4. 3 : km 6.34 - alt. 797 m - D167 crossroads
  5. 4 : km 10.42 - alt. 763 m - Bouldoires
  6. 5 : km 12.93 - alt. 757 m - Fonteilles
  7. 6 : km 13.82 - alt. 708 m - Le Champ crossroads
  8. 7 : km 15.24 - alt. 711 m - Cemetery
  9. S/E : km 16.02 - alt. 707 m - Car park: Place de l'Eglise

Notes

Markings: Yellow.

Reviews and comments

4.4 / 5
Based on 10 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.5 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.7 / 5
Route interest
4 / 5
ESMS
ESMS

Rain, storm on 4 May, did not go on the hike.

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Sosovarouler
Sosovarouler

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 21, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Superb hike, done on mountain bikes. Very suitable and pleasant paths.

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mamouburni
mamouburni

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 12, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

Very well-described hike, no difficulty

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Didier Antoine ORLANDINI
Didier Antoine ORLANDINI

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 03, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Beautiful hike, especially the section under the pine trees.
A bit too much road.
Some very pretty villages to visit.

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gayraud catherine
gayraud catherine

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 15, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Despite the rain, this is a lovely walk through farmland that is not difficult and accessible to all. I highly recommend it for all levels.

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richardd
richardd

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 06, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Beautiful hike with varied landscapes, very pretty little village of Bouldoires worth visiting.

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coucou12
coucou12

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 11, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

A somewhat monotonous route, with no real highlights and too much tarmac. This hike is described in the FFRP guidebook and is marked in yellow.

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Momoca22
Momoca22

Hello. Of course, I don't doubt the details provided by the website, but we relied as much as possible on the yellow markers, so we didn't check the stages once we had left the signpost mentioned above.

Thank you for your reply!

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henri57
henri57 ★

Hello,

Reliability of the map route: Not used
It is difficult to realise that you are on the wrong trail.

To avoid taking the wrong route, simply use the map provided by Visorando.

Visorando provides a detailed description, a 1:25,000 IGN map and, best of all, a GPS app.

See you soon!

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Momoca22
Momoca22

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 13, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : Not used / Not applicable
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A very good hike, even though we had set out to do the "flower village of Nayrac" hike... in fact, the markings are yellow for both hikes, and from the start, even though there is a sign saying "5km hike, 1 hour 45 minutes", if you follow the yellow markings, it is difficult to realise that you are on the wrong hike.
A very good hike nonetheless.

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bibi
bibi ★

Thank you for this additional information, which I have just added to the description.
Kind regards

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guylouis
guylouis

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 16, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Hello,
I completed this route with my wife, and I have two comments to make:
- Description no. 1: continue on the D644 to La Grange, but this site is not mentioned on the ground (despite our research).
- Description no. 6: add "continue for about 200 metres on the main road, then turn...".
Kind regards.
Guy TAVERNIER

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CLOT
CLOT

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 22, 2015
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Beautiful hike with lovely views of the valley, very well marked route. Perhaps a bit too much tarmac.

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CLOT
CLOT

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 22, 2015
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

perhaps a bit too much bitumen

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