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Park at the entrance to Montgreleix in front of the town hall and the stopover lodge on the ground floor (small car park), located on the left coming from Marcenat.
(S/E) Turn left when leaving the car park towards the village, then after a few metres turn right onto the road leading to the cemetery.
Start of the Tour du Cezallier (Tour des Vaches Rouges) trail
(1) Turn right towards the lake. Pass the Lac des Estives holiday village (restricted access) and head towards the Hameau du Lac, crossing at the junction in the middle.
(2) Turn left onto a good path that follows the road after a few metres. Climb gradually through the pastures and reach the Buron de Naufonts plateau.
(3) The path then descends towards the hamlet of Saillant, following the fence on your left, but when you reach the bottom of the field, turn right to find the passageway to the next plot. You will arrive at Saillant and the crossroads at the entrance to the hamlet.
(4) Take the road opposite towards the waterfalls (the road on the left is the D36 to Boutaresse, the road on the right leads to the hamlet, where you can visit the communal oven). Pass the waterfalls and continue along the road, which becomes a wide path on the other side of the valley. After about 3 km, you will reach the few houses of La Traverse and the Orthodox monastery.
(5) Continue along the road until you reach the hamlet of Le Godde.
(6) At the intersection in the hamlet, turn right. After about 150 m, look for the start of a path on the right (Sentier des Écoliers) just before the last house in the hamlet, in the bend to the left.
This section is not marked on the Tour du Cezallier (Tour des Vaches Rouges) trail and is marked in yellow
(7) Take this fairly narrow path and descend to the stream (waterfall, ruins of a mill). After a small bridge, the path climbs up the other side to the road leading to the hamlet of Le Fayet.
(8) Turn left and at the next intersection a few metres further on, turn right onto the road leading to Condeval.
(9) Once in Condeval (where Saint-Nectaire cheese is made and sold), continue straight ahead between the farm buildings and find the path at the edge of the field on your right.
This path descends to the Ruisseau de Condeval, then climbs back up to the D636 road. It is not always clearly visible in the field, but the road is easy to find 300 m after the stream, 20 m above and due west.
(10) At the road, turn right, head towards Montgreleix and park in front of the town hall (S/E).
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