Puy parioux auvergne – Clierzou Caves loop from Chaîne des Puys

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Puy parioux auvergne – Clierzou Caves loop from Chaîne des Puys

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Puy parioux auvergne – Clierzou Caves loop from Chaîne des Puys

07:53

23.4km

910m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: October 7, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Parc naturel régional des Volcans d'Auvergne

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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2.55 km

Views of the northern Puys chain

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On a clear day you can see around 100 inactive volcanoes at a distance of about 30 kilometers. A spacious hiking trail with information boards leads around the summit plateau. …

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2.92 km

Viewpoint

5.11 km

Le Traversin

Mountain Pass

6.23 km

Puy Pariou Staircase

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A decent hike up Puy de Dome, the highest peak in the Monts Dome area of Auvergne at 1,465 Straight up from the car park up to the top and …

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6.78 km

View of Puy de Dôme from Puy de Pariou

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wooden staircase put in place to prevent erosion of the crater, facilitates the climb to the crater

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7.10 km

Puy Pariou summit and crater

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It should be remembered that access to the interior of the crater is now PROHIBITED

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8.18 km

Puy parioux auvergne

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beautiful site

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11.8 km

Puy des Goules

Volcano

18.6 km

Panoramic view from the Cliersou

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Elusive view of all the surrounding puys (Dôme, Côme, Chaumont, Pariou, Les Suchets)

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18.9 km

Clierzou Caves

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a little steep but worth a look

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22.0 km

Forest trail

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The path on this path in the shade under the beeches is very pleasant.

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23.4 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

13.5 km

5.24 km

4.05 km

555 m

126 m

Surfaces

12.6 km

6.42 km

1.72 km

1.47 km

730 m

456 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,430 m)

Lowest point (950 m)

Weather

Thursday 15 October

23°C

9°C

14 %

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Max wind speed: 9.0 km/h

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Comments

July 16, 2025,Randonnée

A very pleasant walk with plenty of shade.
Some very steep climbs, but the view that follows quickly makes you forget the effort.

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August 31, 2025,Montée Puy des Goules, Clierzou et Pariou

I originally set out for a bike ride. Except I started changing the pads, only to realize I was missing a tool, a piston spreader. So I couldn't get the wheel back on. 🙃

Anyway, it ended up being a walk. 🤭

Three more Puys on my list 🤘

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June 10, 2022,Les Puys D'Auvergne, 3 Vulkankegel,Grotten und mehr

Today's tour was hiked similarly by Martin 2020. Thanks Martin for the preview. 😊👌

We start from the same parking lot as yesterday, but we go in the other direction. Above all, the grottos have moved us to this tour. The weather is perfect. 🌞
We changed the round a bit. A part was closed due to road safety work, …

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January 27, 2022,Rando À la frontale dans les Puys : mode perfo 🔛

Night hike in perfo mode

Being aerobically with FCM 75-95% of the time was the goal ✔️
Cardio which rose to 202, hardly believable 😵

Bag with weight of +7kgs ✔️
Shoes: trail Salomon
Textile: nylon technical t-shirt + millet semi fleece + softshell snowboard ✔️

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