Le Sauvage › Aumont-Aubrac

🗺️ Stage Map

📖 Stage Description

Entering the Aubrac, land of burons and Aubrac cattle. Vast rolling summer pastures, golden broom, dry-stone walls. The landscape opens onto infinite panoramas. Aumont-Aubrac, with its thousand-year-old Romanesque priory, marks the end of the stage.

This stage crosses the Lozère region over 28.2 km with 360 m of ascent. Main villages: La Clauze (km 5, 1280m), Rieutort-de-Randon (km 12, 1200m), Prinsuéjols (km 20, 1100m).

🌄 Walking Conditions

Sun exposure and terrain type over 28,3 km

☀ Sun Exposure

🥾 Terrain

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📍 Villages and Waypoints

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  Le Sauvage · Start

  Starting point of stage 4. Altitude: 1,040 m.

  💧 Water🏕️ Accommodation
• 8.3km

  La Clauze

  Village on stage 4.

  💧 Water🏕️ Accommodation
• 16.5km

  Rieutort-de-Randon

  Village on stage 4.

  💧 Water🏕️ Accommodation
• 22km

  Prinsuéjols

  Village on stage 4.

  💧 Water🏕️ Accommodation
• 26km

  Aumont-Aubrac · End

  Arrival point of stage 4.

  💧 Water🛒 Shops🏕️ Accommodations

⚠️ Practical Information

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  Difficulty

  Long stage (28 km) on the Aubrac plateau, strong and frequent winds.

  No shops between Le Sauvage and Aumont-Aubrac — manage water across the whole route.

  Terrain sometimes waterlogged between seasons, poles recommended.
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  Water Points

  La Clauze (km 5)

  Rieutort (km 12)

  Prinsuéjols (km 20)

  Aumont-Aubrac (km 28.2)
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  Supplies

  Aumont-Aubrac km 28.2 · Supermarket · Bakery
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  AccommodationGîtes, chambres d'hôtes and campsites available on arrival.
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  Monuments & Heritage

  Castle de Roc de Peyre km 14 · Medieval castle ruins on a rocky peak, panoramic view over the Aubrac and Margeride

  Plateau de l'Aubrac km 18 · High-altitude meadow dotted with burons, lyre-horned Aubrac cattle, protected flora

  Viaduc de Garabit (visible) km 25 · Gustave Eiffel's railway viaduct of 1884 over the Truyère, 122 m high, visible from the plateau

  Chapelle Saint-Joseph d'Aumont km 28.2 · Neo-Gothic chapel at the entrance to Aumont-Aubrac, restored pilgrim offering
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  Taxi / Bail-out

  Taxi Aumont-Aubrac — 04 66 42 83 50

  Taxi Marvejols (20 km) — 04 66 32 01 06

  La Bastide-Saint-Laurent station shuttles