Le rocher du Cher
Granite still accompanies the landscape: it is not yet bare Aubrac, but that of meadows, woods and quiet hamlets. Rise here and there "blocks" and "chaos" of motionless witness stones of ancient glaciers or even of legends or beliefs. Here, the Rocher du Cher, a volcanic peak, bears witness to an old fortress of the barony of Peyre.
Route details
Description
Leave the cemetery car park and go up into the village, turn right towards Villerousset for about a hundred meters.
Take the path on the left and a little further on, turn left again to join the road from Contendrès to Villerousset. Follow it to the left, ignoring a road on the left. Arrive in the center of Contendrès.
Take a path on the left. At the edge of the woods, turn right to follow the fields up to the D 53; take it on the left for about 50 meters then cross it and continue to the right, always along the edge. Join Lasfonds.
Cross the village. At the exit, turn completely left onto the road below the village. At the first fork, take the road on the left until you reach a crossroads (>croix de la Narce). Then cross the D 53 and continue on the small road opposite. Follow it until the junction with the D 69. Continue straight then left on the small road to reach the Cher.
Turn left into the village [> Off the circuit, on the left: Rocher du Cher, panorama over Aubrac and Margeride] and continue on the cement path which becomes a dirt road, due north. Cross a stream and go up through meadows and woods. Shortly before a road, the path turns right and joins the road. Follow it on the left and reach Sainte-Colombe-de-Peyre and, on the right, the starting point.
Take the path on the left and a little further on, turn left again to join the road from Contendrès to Villerousset. Follow it to the left, ignoring a road on the left. Arrive in the center of Contendrès.
Take a path on the left. At the edge of the woods, turn right to follow the fields up to the D 53; take it on the left for about 50 meters then cross it and continue to the right, always along the edge. Join Lasfonds.
Cross the village. At the exit, turn completely left onto the road below the village. At the first fork, take the road on the left until you reach a crossroads (>croix de la Narce). Then cross the D 53 and continue on the small road opposite. Follow it until the junction with the D 69. Continue straight then left on the small road to reach the Cher.
Turn left into the village [> Off the circuit, on the left: Rocher du Cher, panorama over Aubrac and Margeride] and continue on the cement path which becomes a dirt road, due north. Cross a stream and go up through meadows and woods. Shortly before a road, the path turns right and joins the road. Follow it on the left and reach Sainte-Colombe-de-Peyre and, on the right, the starting point.
