Closed trails on the Volcano (Piton de la Fournaise): the up-to-date ONF list

Closed trails on the Volcano (Piton de la Fournaise)

On 7 October 2026, the French forestry office (ONF) reports 10 closed trails on the Volcano (Piton de la Fournaise), with the reason and the expected reopening when the ONF gives one (in French). A trail crossing several sectors is listed in each.

A closure on your route? RandoMafate tells you before you set off

In RandoMafate these trails are crossed out on the map, even with no signal, and the route you plan goes around them. A closure lands on an outing you have planned? RandoMafate lets you know.

Map of the closed stretches

Closed stretches as mapped by the ONF. Tap one to find it in the list.

Sentier de Bras Plat (ancien GR R2)

Closed

Trail closed. Fermé car dangereux, GR2 passe dorénavant par RF parallèle. Expected reopening: Pas de réouverture prévue à court terme.

Also runs through South

Sentier de la Cage aux Lions

Closed

Landslide · Trail closed. Danger Eboulement ayant emporté une partie du sentier, trace disparue.

Also runs through East

Sentier de la Coulée de Takamaka (1986)

Closed

Trail closed. Complexité de gestion due à pluviométrie extrême. Trace partiellement disparue.

Sentier des Citernes

Closed

Landslide · Trail closed. Fermé suite aux éboulis au niveau du Cassé de la Rivière de l'Est.

Also runs through East

Sentier des Laves

Closed

Trail closed. Sentier traversé par la coulée de lave de 2026.

Also runs through South and East

Sentier du Fond de la Rivière de l'Est

Closed

Landslide · Trail closed. Danger Fermé suite aux éboulis au niveau du Cassé de la Rivière de l'Est.

Sentier du Piton de l'Eau

Closed

Trail closed. Sentier dégradé, arbres en travers.

Also runs through East

Sentier du Tremblet partie Est

Closed

Trail closed. Complexité de gestion due à pluviométrie extrême.Trace disparue en partie.

Sentier Kapor

Closed

Trail closed. Éruption en cours (Sentier instable pour cause d'éruption récente, risques d'intoxication et de brulures).

Sentier Savane Cimetière

Closed

Landslide · Trail closed. Fermé suite aux éboulis au niveau du Cassé de la Rivière de l'Est, trace disparue. Expected reopening: Pas de réouverture prévue à court terme.

Also runs through East

Other sectors

Before you set off

A trail is closed for a reason: a landslide, a washed-out path, works, fallen trees. Going in means you may not get through, or worse.

This page follows the ONF's trail layer, which RandoMafate reads several times a day, and changes as soon as the ONF updates a trail. On the ground, a barrier, a sign or an official order always prevails over this list.

After heavy rain or in the cyclone season, more trails may be closed before they show here: also check the Météo-France warnings, which RandoMafate shows next to your outing.

Plan your hike without walking into a barrier

The trail map offline, ONF closures and Météo-France warnings in one place, a route that goes around what is closed, and the people close to you told when you set off and when you are back. Mafate is included; the whole island with RandoMafate Premium.