Le Puy Gros and the Sources du Goul

Date of your route : Sep 03, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Hike completed on 29/08/2024. Nice hike on the way there, the return trip on the GR 465 is less interesting.
We encountered very few people. You have to cross a few fields from point 4 (the Montagnes de Bâne) where Salers cows graze. We took a slightly wrong turn between points 4 and 5 because the path was less visible. There is no shade on the route before point 6. The view is very clear along the route. Very happy with this hike.

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Date of your route : Apr 15, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely, very easy hike.
Unfortunately for us, it was a bit foggy... never mind, we'll do it again later
Thank you for sharing

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Hello,
A small correction regarding the access at the start "turn left towards Thiézac": it is the D59, not the D154
Otherwise, a very nice walk

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Date of your route : Aug 23, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A really beautiful hike. You can extend the route (6 km round trip) to Plomb du Cantal via Puy Brunet. Be aware that there is no shade. Don't be afraid of the cows. Suitable for children.

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Date of your route : Aug 17, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A fairly easy hike.
Beautiful views and wide panoramas.
The (rocky) track on the way back is quite long, but the scenery makes the time fly by.
I didn't like the grassy section on the way back as much, but it's a necessary part of the route to make it a (not too long) loop.
Hike suitable for trail running.

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Date of your route : May 27, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

On 26 May, there were a few isolated walkers on this path, the weather was beautiful and cool, the climb to Puy Gros was easy and pleasant, and the chapel allows you to identify Puy Gros. We continued along the path to the Col de la Chèvre. The return trip on the GR465 is not very exciting, but the passage through the valley is magnificent, allowing you to appreciate the rich flora of the Cantal
Walking accompanied by the song of larks and the gliding champions that are the kites adds to this beautiful walk. Thank you

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Date of your route : Sep 01, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

We went hiking this afternoon. The trail is perfect, the descriptions are clear, and the walk takes you through mountain pastures and allows you to see the magnificent landscapes of the Cantal... however, the long, straight, stony path between WP 3 & 4, i.e. the GR 465, seemed really looong and monotonous to us, to such an extent that if we were to do this hike again, we would do the return trip via the GR 400, which is much more beautiful and much more comfortable.

One last detail: when it says "dogs allowed but on a lead, thank you" several times, I wonder what people don't understand in this sentence, because walkers had their dogs off the lead (whereas ours is always and systematically on a long lead) and with this type of behaviour, all walking paths will end up being off-limits to dogs, EVEN on a lead...

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Date of your route : Jun 23, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

a parish-specific to Brittany hike among Salers cows, gentians, geraniums, arnica and much more. Superb views of the surrounding mountains. just follow the well-marked trail. It's true that Puy Gros isn't signposted, but if you have an IGN map, as always, there's no problem. At one intersection, there are several signs and Puy Gros is on the left. You can't see it, but it's at the top of a large hill.
we pushed on to Le Plomb, a 10 km round trip. You need to be fit, but especially in June, it's pure bliss. So we came back the same way, via the GR400. The view is different between morning and late afternoon. And it's true that the return trail is hellish with its gravel. We took part of it when we hiked to Puy de Bane!
ON THE OTHER HAND: the road to Buron de la Tuilière (reopened and run by a very friendly manager) is incomprehensible: the "water bridges" that are supposed to drain water in case of rain are actually speed bumps that are NOT MARKED (except at the start) but are present every 200 metres in some places, and on the way back it is impossible to see them with the sun in your eyes and the shadows of the trees! It was a big mistake on the part of the local council not to have painted them to make them visible.!
other than that, it's a hike that I recommend

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Date of your route : Aug 26, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A lovely, easy hike in the heart of the summer pastures with beautiful views of the Cère Valley and the valley near Pailherols. However, we are not grateful to the owner of one of the burons (mountain huts) in the Banes mountains, who was celebrating her birthday there with her family and insisted that we were not on the right path, wanting us to turn back and take the supposedly correct route (we were of course on the right path and concluded that this rather unpleasant lady did not appreciate hikers passing in front of her buron). Fortunately, the rest of the family was more conciliatory and showed us a way to reach the cross-country ski trail by cutting across the fields. But what a bad impression this lady gave of the hospitality of the people of Cantal.
Update the next day: it seems that this lady is not the owner of the buron but had rented it because it belongs to the Auberge de la Montagne de Pailherols (an excellent restaurant, by the way). No one must have told her that renting the buron did not mean renting the mountain and the surrounding paths. Nature cannot be bought.

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Hello,

but very poor signage. The name Puy Gros does not appear on the signs, nor is the location of Puy Gros mentioned.

The signposting is not Visorando's responsibility.

In this case, it is best to have several strings to your bow:

1. Follow the description
2. Compare the map and description with the Visorando map (IGN 1:25,000).
3. If possible, check your position with the Visorando GPS application or your GPS.

See you soon!

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Date of your route : Sep 12, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

the hike is very pleasant along the ridges with beautiful views, but the signage is very poor. Puy Gros is not mentioned on the signs, nor is its location.

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Date of your route : Sep 10, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Doing this hike in the opposite direction turned out to be a good idea, as the long trail and crossing the Goul would have seemed endless on the way back. What's more, the descent along the GR 400 trail is very comfortable (soft ground for about 3/4 of the route).

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Date of your route : Jul 08, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

very beautiful parish-specific to Brittany landscapes – no sign for Puy Gros, we saw an iron cross when we passed the signs on our way to Le Plomb, and when we turned around, we thought that was the place.
the track is long, long, we encountered many 4x4s,
a very, very grassy stretch of road
but overall it was fine - not enough explanations in the description -
it took us 5 hours with stops
overall GOOD

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Hello
To help you find your way around, waypoints have been added to the route and description of this hike.
Enjoy your walks.

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Date of your route : Oct 17, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A beautiful route, with the only slight downside being the long and monotonous track on the way back, but fortunately this is quickly forgotten as the end of the route is very pleasant and makes us quickly forget this section.
the route was completed on 17 October 2017 in good weather, but with strong winds in the morning, which slowed down the climb.

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