Jul 30, 2015 · Puy de Sancy, the highest peak of the Massif Central. Located 50km from Clermont-Ferrand, Puy de Sancy is the highest mountain in the Massif Central. The mountain towers over the ski resort of Super-Besse and the spa town of Mont-Dore.

The Puy de Sancy is the highest summit of Volcans d’Auvergne and the full Massif Central. For this reason it's the highest point of centre of France. In its hillsides are located two ski-resorts with a cable-way near of the summit making very popular this summit on summer but it exists another routes out of the tourists to enjoy this nice and important peak.

Puy de Sancy (Auvergnat: puèi de la Crotz, "Mount of the Cross") is the highest mountain in the Massif Central. It is part of an ancient stratovolcano which has been inactive for about 220,000 years. The northern and southern slopes are used for skiing, and a number of cablecars and skilifts ascend the mountain.

Le Puy de Sancy. Le Puy de Sancy est le plus haut sommet du Massif Central, d’une altitude de 1886m. Le Puy de Sancy est, malgré son air de montagne, un véritable volcan. Au sommet, point de cratère, c’est un strato-volcan. Système très complexe, un strato-volcan est constitué de plusieurs volcans imbriqués les uns dans les autres et ...

Plus haut sommet d'Auvergne et du Massif Central, le Puy de Sancy, nargue le Puy-de-Dôme avec ses 1886 mètres ! Volcans après volcans, rivières après coulées de lave, glaciers et érosion… nous ont légués ce relief étonnant : crêtes acérées, pentes abruptes, vallées encaissées et sauvages, mais aussi courbes douces et rondes des ...