The Margeride defines this day. After Saugues you climb up onto the plateau, and you stay up there for a long time. The landscape is wide and open, with granite boulders in the pastures and woods where you get a short break from the wind. The climbing is spread across the day, so the main thing is to keep going.
At just over 30 kilometres and almost 10 hours of walking, this is a day to take steadily. Take breaks in good time, eat along the way and save some energy for the last stretch. Then Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole comes into view: the first houses, the sound of your footsteps on the street and a place where you can finally take your rucksack off.