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Start : Park at the Maison de Site/ Panoramique des Dômes parking lot.
⚠️Please note! This hike is not entirely signposted.
(S/E) Cross the railway line and, after the Canadian crossing (large metal gate on the ground), go straight on to a T-junction.
(1) Turn right and continue straight on until you reach a four-way path junction.
(2) Turn left and handrail the golf course on your right. You're now on the Chemin de la Roche Pertuisade. At the next junction, continue straight on, ignoring the yellow signs. You are now following the Chemin des Gravouses.
(3) At the junction with Yellow signs, ignore a path on the left and the opposite given directions, and carry on following the Chemin des Gravouses to the right (no-car allowed sign). Further on, turn right around a fence built to prevent path erosion. Exit the forest and come to a junction with a fountain (open in summer only) in the shape of a pile of volcanic stones.
(4) Turn left and, shortly find a GR®441 signpost, which you'll follow until indicated otherwise, as well as a board explaining how the Chemin des Chêvres has been developed. Carry on this path, which later becomes a staircase.
(5) Reach the railway line, which you follow to the left. Leave it further on and continue along the paved path to the right, which soon leads to the Puy de Dôme summit, at the station. Temporarily leave the GR® waymarkers to follow steps up to the right. Go past the Temple de Mercure, to find the first orientation table and then go around the antenna to the right, descending slightly.
Reach the second group of orientation table. Continue on the paved road towards a third group of orientation table, which can be seen to the south-west (there are several ways to reach them, some of them further around the summit than the one marked on the map). Then join the Panoramique station and climb up to the esplanade where a fourth group of orientation table is located.
(6) After descending from the esplanade, leave the summit of the puy by taking the left-hand path indicated by a yellow "Maison de Site" waymarker, which you will now follow to the end of this circular walk. You'll also find the GR® waymarkers, which you'll follow until indicated otherwise. You are now on the Chemin des Muletiers, which descends quite steeply. Information boards are available at some of the switchbacks. At the bottom, cross the railway line and continue on the path opposite to reach the Col de Ceyssat.
(7) Do not reach the road, but turn left at the memorial to reach the parking lot. Cross D68 and follow it to the left. Stop following GR®441 which leaves with the first path on the right, but continue to follow the road to turn onto the next path which descends to the right of the road (yellow "Maison de Site" waymarker). The path widens into a wide track.
(8) Ignore, at a small open area, a small path on the left (shortcut to Chemin des Gouris).
(9) At the path junction of 4 paths, turn left. You're now on the Chemin des Gouris. Ignore a path on the left, cross the D68 and continue straight ahead on the path until you reach a small road at a barrier. This is the toll booth for the old road up to the Dôme summit.
(10) Cross the road and the Panoramique lane alongside it and continue straight ahead on the path.
(1) At the crossroads of 3 paths (already taken on the outward journey) with Yellow waymarkers, as you see the parking lot on the right, turn right onto the path. Pass a Canadian crossing, then a second one at the start of this loop, just before reaching the Maison de Site parking lot (S/E).
