Hiking - Puy de Sancy in Auvergne, France

Tomo & Chouchou's favorite hiking place "Puy de Sancy".
 

Altitude: 1885m, 6188ft
Puy de Sancy is the highest mountain in the Massif Central in Auvergne, France.
Puy de Sancy is a volcano located in the Mont-Dore in the biggest French regional natural park; Parc naturel régional des volcans d'Auvergne.

Here's the car parking for the hikers who go to Puy de Sancy.

 

In front of the car parking, there are stairs.
You go up the stairs, then the hiking trail to Puy de Sancy starts.
The starting point is 1220m high. 

 

 

As soon as we started hiking, 

we could see the beautiful mountains of Massif Central. 

 

After going up the half way to the top of Puy de Sancy,

we could see the magnificent and precipitous mountains. 

There was an hiking trail to go down from there.
Chouchou was about to follow other hikers and to go down mistakenly.

There was another hiking trail to go up to the summit from there.

We continued to go up to the summit.

360-degrees view of the green mountains in Auvergne

 from the top of Puy de Sancy.

 

 

several other hiking roads 

continuing to other mountains from the summit of Puy de Sancy.

We luckily could see a Marmot (French: Marmotte)!

The Marmot was eating something a lot. 

We passed through a group of cattles,

 and crossed the top of mountains.

Episode of "Puy de Sancy" hiking 

Tomo & Chouchou went hiking to Puy de Sancy twice! Puy de Sancy is our favorite hiking place !! Because the hiking trail of Puy de Sancy is very beautiful and enjoyable. We can also see the wild animals there.  It's like a paradise for hikers! 

We chose a hiking course which was on the hiking book of Auvergne.
We drove to the starting point, then we parked. As soon as we went up the stairs of car parking, we could see the beautiful mountains of Massif Central. 

We could see the beautiful landscape, the brook and the green mountains on the hiking trail of Puy de Sancy. If you're lucky, you may see the wild animals.
Tomo & Chouchou could see a Marmot. We could also see a Chamois on the cliff from a distance. We passed through a group of cattles. It's very interesting hiking trail. 

We strongly recommend to hike Puy de Sancy once in your life!
Please hike Puy de Sancy some day !