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Departure from the hamlet of Le Pinet, located south of Chamalières-sur-Loire, between this village and Blanlhac, on the D35.
If you have difficulty parking at the entrance to the village, you can change your starting point and begin the hike in Varenne, where it will be easier to find parking.
(S/E) Begin the hike by following the road that leads away from the hamlet towards the south-east. Leave this road after 300 metres and take the path on the right, now marked in red and white (GR®3).
After 800 metres, when you reach Le Mazer, leave the small road on the right and take the one on the left. At the exit of the hamlet, take the well-marked track that goes up into the woods on the right (still marked red and white). You will reach a crossroads with severalGR® trails (marked with a cross).
(1) Turn right towards Chomeil, which you will reach after 300 metres.
(2) Then take the path on the right (marked red and white), above the only house on the right. 100 metres further on, you will see some signposts: leave theGR® which climbs up the hillside on the left and follow the signs for "Knoll de Barthou, Rocher de Costaros", marked in yellow. You will reach a crossroads after climbing for about 500 metres.
(3) Take the path on the right (signposted: Rocher de Costaros). After reaching the top of the rock, turn around and go back down to the crossroads.
(3) Then follow the path marked "Knoll de Barthou". At the top of the knoll, follow the signs for "Varenne" to descend westwards (yellow markings). 200 metres further down, at the crossroads, turn left.
(4) At the crossroads, take the path on the right marked red-white and yellow. 100 metres further on, continue on the left and you will reach the entrance to the hamlet of Aunas.
(5) Take the road on the right. At the bottom of the hamlet, at the fork, continue downhill to the left, following the red-white and yellow markings.
300 metres further on, at a place called Sarailler, cross the road and continue straight on for 100 metres to reach a place called Suquerot.
(6) Turn onto the track on the right (yellow markings) and follow it for 700 metres. You will arrive at a place called Recoule.
(7) Take the hairpin bend to the right to join the road heading south (no more markings). At the crossroads 400 metres upstream, turn onto the road on the left to descend to Le Pinet, 1.1 km away, and return to the car park (S/E).
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