The Chapel-sur-Usson

Description

Starting point - Take the direction of Coupe-Gorge and then turn left towards Solignat. In Solignat leave the asphalt road and go down to the left to reach a crossroads planted with a chestnut tree in La Chapelle-sur-Usson (Romanesque church Saint-Julien; panorama on the Cézallier mountains).
1 - Continue straight ahead to reach the washhouse at the crossroads at the entrance to Perrier.
2 - Take in the center to enter the village. 10 m before the water point on the left, go down to the right by a tarred road. At the treatment plant, continue to turn right and follow over Ruisseau des Pendillières; cross the Ruisseau des Mines by a bridge to go up to the D703.
3 - Turn right for about 800 m. Go up on the left a path that joins a paved road. Turn right for 100 m.
4 - Cross the D703 again and go down a grassy path opposite. In front of an old well go up on the left. In Les Martres, cross a tarred road to take opposite (old fountain from 1889). At the end of the village, turn right on a track below the D75 road. In Solignat, go up on the left the road previously used to reach Coupe-Gorge and the car park.

• Entity information:Office de Tourisme Auvergne Pays d'Issoire

Profile

• Altitude max. itinerary:690 m
• Altitude difference:175 m
• Positive elevation gain:175 m
• Markup accuracy:Blue
• Route type:Loop
• Distance:5 km
• Daily duration:01h30