On the heights of Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac via Belvezet

In Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac, park in the large car park near the village hall, east of the village, below the tourist office and fire station, and above the river.

(S/E) Take the access ramp to the car park and climb a few steps to reach the main street.

^GR®®65Roure et Blanc trail markers

Take the street that climbs up opposite, turning right, clearly marked^GR®®65, towards Aubrac.

(1) Further on, leave the road and take a path on the right. Join a short stretch of tarmac road at a house.

(2) Continue to the right.

(3) Cross the Ruisseau de l'Aude stream. Further on, ignore a path on the right. Arrive at Belvezet at the signpost of the same name and a picnic table. The neck rises up behind the hamlet.

Very old yellow signposting

(4) Leave the^GR®® markings and follow the street to the right. At the intersection with a hairpin street on the left, follow a grassy path to the right. Join a road near some houses.

No markings

(5) Follow the road to the left. At the intersection, take the road to the right (the hard shoulder on the left is quite wide).

(6) About 100 metres further on, take the first road on the right and immediately cross a bridge over the Boralde de Saint-Chely-d'Aubrac. A hundred metres further on, follow the bend in the road to the right, ignoring the road that goes straight ahead.

(7) At the fork in the road, keep left and head towards the hamlet of Les Enfrux. Look for the^GR®® markings at the first intersection.

^GR®®6red and white markings

Follow the^GR®® on the right and continue straight ahead until you reach the Les Enfrux signpost.

Yellow markings

(8) Leave the^GR®® to follow the yellow markings and head towards Saint-Chely-d'Aubrac 5.2 km, on the left. Further on, you will reach an intersection with a path.

(9) Follow it to the right. At the crossroads, turn right and join a road, facing farm buildings.

(10) Walk a few metres to the right, then follow the path to the left.

(11) At the intersection with a cross and a picnic table, continue to the right. The path becomes a trail, turns left further on, and begins to descend. After a hairpin bend to the right, it joins a path. Follow it to the left.

^GR®® markings and yellow markings

(12) Leave the path after about 100 metres and take a trail on the right that descends to join a road. First turn left then right and continue downhill on the trail. Pass above the cemetery and arrive at a road at the Cemetery signpost.

(13) Follow the road to the left, cross the Pont des Pèlerins (Pilgrims' Bridge) (information sign), and continue straight on towards the centre of Saint-Chél-d'Aubrac.

No signposts

At the first crossroads, turn left onto Rue de l'Église. Walk past the church on your right (open when we visited) and continue straight ahead at the intersection, Rue de la Fontaine, following the sign for the wash house. Turn right shortly afterwards to discover this old wash house.

(14) Retrace your steps and take the first street on the left, signposted Route découverte. Keep right at the intersection to reach Place de la Tour. Take the first street on the left to reach the main street and follow the street going up opposite, signposted Point de vue. Turn left and continue for about 50 metres to reach this small viewpoint over the village.

(15) Retrace your steps, follow the main street to the left for about 20 metres, then take the few steps down to the right. At the bottom, turn left and walk past the town hall. Keep right and then turn left onto Rue du Moulin. Follow the road as it curves to the right and then to the left, ignoring the other streets, then take the grassy path that continues along it. You will come to the top of the access road to the car park and reach it (S/E).

Moderate difficulty hike, standard hiking equipment required.
Caution for those allergic to tar: long stretch of road between (5) and (8). The road is not dangerous and has little traffic.

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Photo album here

Visit the village with its Compostela atmosphere, opposite the tourist office, off the route but just above the car park, with a beautiful statue of a pilgrim. Information panels in the village.
Beautiful trails and paths, in the woods or in the mountain pastures.
A curiosity, the Belvezet neck: cooled lava flow inside the volcanic cone, exposed after the erosion of the volcanic mound.