Featured route
Le colporteur des Jasseries
Start and finish: Col des Supeyres
A loop over the Hautes-Chaumes, from one jasserie to another, across open landscapes and traces of pastoral life.
- Distance
- 9,5 km
- Ascent
- 263 hm
- Time
- 3 uur
- Level
- Gemiddeld
Cycling and walking
Walking
From paper mills to the Hautes-Chaumes
Short walks and half-day hikes through varied landscapes.
Outdoors in Livradois-Forez
A different landscape on every walk
Near Ambert, paths pass historic paper mills. Higher in the Monts du Forez lie the open Hautes-Chaumes and their jasseries. Each route below has its own official starting point; none starts at Le Pré Doux.
Route inspiration
Four official walks
Alternative route
Le chemin des Papetiers
Start and finish: Valeyre, Ambert
Follow the paper makers past old mills in a valley important to French paper-making history.
- Distance
- 6,8 km
- Ascent
- 227 hm
- Time
- 2 uur 30
- Level
- Gemiddeld
Alternative route
Le rocher de la Volpie
Start and finish: Le Grand Mur, Job
Short but challenging, with woodland, steep sections and a viewpoint over the Ambert basin.
- Distance
- 5,4 km
- Ascent
- 286 hm
- Time
- 2 uur
- Level
- Moeilijk
Alternative route
Balade ludique Col du Béal
Start and finish: Col du Béal car park
A short official family walk from the Col du Béal car park, past the orientation table.
- Distance
- 1 km
- Ascent
- Niet opgegeven
- Time
- 40 minuten met jonge kinderen
- Level
- Gemakkelijk