Walk over 50 hiking routes in the Gorges de la Loire in Haute-Loire (43) and around Grangent Lake.
Find loops adapted to all levels (easy to difficult), well marked out from Monistrol-sur-Loire, Beauzac, Saint-Didier-en-Velay, Aurec-sur-Loire, Saint-Victor-sur-Loire, Unieux... for 1 to 6 hours of walking through villages, hamlets, green landscapes, emblematic monuments and secret nuggets!
Hikes in the Loire gorges
The marked hiking trails are very numerous from our municipalities.
3 topoguides offer more than 50 tracks (marked with a yellow horizontal line) spread over our destination. Always more practical, the Rando en Haute-Loire application allows you to walk in peace with a map, GPS tracks and up-to-date descriptions on your smartphone.
- The Loire Gorges… on foot,
- The Marches du Velay… on foot,
- From Rochebaron to Chalencon… on foot, on sale at the Tourist Offices!
Discovering the Loire gorges on foot, I love it! It allows me to oxygenate myself, to play sports, while admiring the landscapes which change with each season… On a hike, I observe nature, I contemplate the juices and the panoramas and I visit the heritage of my region. Some small chapels are only accessible on foot and yet are real unusual nuggets!”
PR routes (short hikes):
From St-Just St-Rambert to Boisset-Les-Montrond – The loops of great athletes
PR 268 – The toad circuit
PR 522 – On the banks of the Chansou
PR 196 – The Andrable gorges
The Forez Canal – PR 8
PR 292 – The Pilgrims Chapel
PR 105 – From the castle of the Bishops to the Loire
PR 297 – Around the Moulin de Vial
PR 677 – The Balconies of Malvalette
PR 659 – Around the Bloue
The “Hiking in Haute-Loire” application to download for free
GR 3 “source & gorges of the Loire” and GR 765 Santiago de Compostela
Great hiking trails
Crossed by 2 long-distance hiking trails, the Gorges de la Loire are ideal for roaming hikers.
Le GR 3 “source and gorges of the Loire” allows you to follow the still wild river from its source at Mont-Gerbier de Jonc to Saint-Just Saint-Rambert. This pilgrimage along the water will allow you to walk as close as possible to the Loire from the upper Ardèche to the Haute-Loire and in the department of the Loire (42)!
if you can't think, walk; If you think too much, walk; If you think wrong, walk again"
Le GR 765 is a path that leads to Santiago de Compostela from Cluny, Lyon. It crosses the territory via Valprivas before joining Le Puy-en-Velay, European capital of the Ways of Saint-Jacques (classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site).
Discovery trails
They have a slightly different signage than that of the PR or GR, sometimes they are not signposted at all but they take you to unusual and ultra cool places in our territory!
