“It is not a race”, insisted Bruno Javerzac, the director of the l’alpe du Grand Serre tourist office.

RouteFrom the Roches hamelt take the trail towards the combe des Roches. Climb the valley to the Orselle (1672 meters, sign). Continue WNW then West to climb to the obvious col(s).

RouteFrom St Collomban des Villards climb the Fremezan road. This is possible with a car if the road is cleared of snow..

AccessCar park at 1273 meters before the Col de Prat de Bouc. From Clermont-Ferrand take the highway to the Massiac exit. Then the N122 towards Aurillac until you reach Murat.

I thought about doing the Puy Mary or Puy d'Arse but there was not enough snow. A little trip to get the ski touring legs working again. Very pretty scenery with the little Cantal mountains.

RouteFrom the cabane de Milhas (1680 m) take the track to the Ossoue dam following the GR 10. Stay on the left bank of the lake on a nearly flat path. Follow the Oulettes stream to some waterfalls.

RouteFrom the cabane de Milhas (1680 m) take the road in the direction of the d'Ossoue following the GR 10.

From the parking at Super Collet follow the Ski Touring track to climb to the col de l'Occiput (1877 m) then follow the piste to the south-east just after a buttress follow the ridgeline to the summit

RouteFrom La Martinette follow the summer trail. At the exit of the forest, continue in the bottom of the Combe Madame.

RouteFrom the parking at Pre Reymond (or from the "4 chemins" depending on the state of the snow), take a wide forest track to the south-east which you leave after half an hour of walking for a narrow