The Puy Gros

Description

Le Puy Gros (1594m) lies halfway between the buron de la Tuilliere and the Plomb du Cantal. In 1687, a chapel was founded on this site to provide religious services for the cowherds. A surprising hike on the GR400, a must!

The Cantal chapel, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, was founded in 1687 to provide religious services in the mountains for cowherds and buron personnel. Today, the site is marked by an enclosure with a cross at its center. In Occitan, Puèg Gròs: a descriptive Occitan toponym, as its name indicates, a large summit...

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• All year round daily.
  
  Subject to favorable snow and weather conditions.

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