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Puy de la Vache – Ceyssat Pass loop from Aydat

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Puy de la Vache – Ceyssat Pass loop from Aydat

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Puy de la Vache – Ceyssat Pass loop from Aydat

04:46

51.7km

840m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 16, 2026

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After 30.6 km for 93 m

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Bus stop

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52 m

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4.09 km

Col de la Ventouse

Mountain Pass

5.93 km

A creation of the Count of Montlosier, L'Étang de Montlosier is more of a landscape creation. It is artificially created by diversion of the Randanne which then bumps against the lava flow of the Puys de la Vache and Lassolas. The pond covers an area of nearly 1.5 hectares and has no apparent water outlet. This disappears, in fact, in the volcanic strata at the foot of the puys of Lassolas, La Vache, and Mercœur.
After a political career spent abroad, François Dominique de Reynaud, Count of Montlosier, tired of political intrigues, retired to his land in Montlosier in 1816. It is a very poor land where agriculture is impossible. The count undertakes to make it possible by transforming the landscape, a work that will take him 22 years. Living with his son in a cottage, he first took care of housing the cattle. The castle will be built later, in 1820. Then, he takes care of clearing, restoring the soil, making hydraulic arrangements and finally cultivating. It goes without saying that the landscape is profoundly modified.

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6.49 km

Volcano Park Visitor Center

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It has information about the places to visit. Shops and activities to be carried out throughout the region. Recommended to start the visit from this point.

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17.1 km

Puy de la Vache

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Former pozzolana quarry which gives a lunar aspect to this piece of landscape.

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24.0 km

Laschamps Cemetery

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25.9 km

Auvergne Volcanoes Regional Nature Park

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30.2 km

Le Traversin

Mountain Pass

33.5 km

Ceyssat Pass

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You can from the Col de Ceyssat which is at an altitude of 1100 meters climb to the top of Puy de Dôme on foot to reach its summit at 1465 meters above sea level. It is the highest peak of the chain of puys. A path with many steps will lead you there. The Puy de Dôme dominates the city of Clermont-Ferrand. It will also give you a unique view of the rest of the volcanoes. Another way to get there is to take a panoramic cable car which is located a little further to the west.

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40.0 km

Gravel between the puys

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In all weather conditions this path remains one of my favorites, the landscape is pure and authentic to our country of the Volcanoes

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51.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

23.5 km

16.1 km

10.1 km

1.07 km

652 m

192 m

Surfaces

38.1 km

10.9 km

1.34 km

1.14 km

168 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (1,120 m)

Lowest point (880 m)

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Puy de la Vache – Ceyssat Pass loop from Aydat

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Montlosier Pond

Volcano Park Visitor Center

Puy de la Vache

Laschamps Cemetery

Auvergne Volcanoes Regional Nature Park

Ceyssat Pass

Gravel between the puys

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