Starting at the Col de la Schlucht car park and head down to “le Collet" (1).
Cross the road and go up towards "Balveurche" (2) and the "Malakoff" pass (3).
Head back down to the “Roche du Diable" (view point at (4)) and down to "Retournemer" Lake (5).
Then head up to the "Faignes" pass 6(, continue to the "Thiaville" pass)7::.
Reach “Le Hohneck" (8) and on the ridges via the GR5 (9) (and not by Sentier des Roches) reach Col de la Schlucht.
From Col de la Schlucht to Hohneck
Start at the Col de la Schlucht car park...
A very athletic outing. Good equipment and good physical condition are recommended!
A Le Valtin walk
posted on 03/06/12 by LB_Neil. Last update : 11/02/20
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Activity: Walking -
Distance: 13.95 km -
Calculated time: 6h 10 -
Difficulty: Difficult -
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Return to departure point: Yes -
Vertical gain: + 766 m -
Vertical drop: - 766 m -
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Highest point: 1,299 m -
Lowest point: 781 m
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Area: Vosges mountains -
District: Le Valtin (88230) -
Start/End: N 48.063868° / E 7.022065° -
IGN map(s): Ref. 3618OT, 3618OTR -
Description
Waypoints
- S/E : km 0 - alt. 1,137 m - Col de la Schlucht
- 1 : km 1.16 - alt. 1,174 m - Meurthe (rivière)
- 2 : km 1.84 - alt. 1,111 m - Le Collet - Le Collet
- 3 : km 3.42 - alt. 1,086 m - Balveurche
- 4 : km 4.84 - alt. 1,078 m - Col de Malakoff - Col de Malakoff (1071m)
- 5 : km 5.65 - alt. 975 m - Roche du Diable
- 6 : km 6.5 - alt. 789 m - Retournemer Lake - Lac de Retournemer
- 7 : km 7.1 - alt. 783 m - Vologne (rivière)
- 8 : km 8.2 - alt. 962 m - Col des Faignes - Col des Feignes sous Vologne (954m)
- 9 : km 10.3 - alt. 1,117 m - Col de Thiaville - Col de Thiaville (1112m)
- 10 : km 11.12 - alt. 1,299 m - Haut de Falimont (1306m)
- 11 : km 12.52 - alt. 1,257 m - Sentier des Crêtes
- S/E : km 13.95 - alt. 1,137 m - Col de la Schlucht
Useful Information
Always stay careful and alert while following a route. Visorando and the author of this walk cannot be held responsible in the event of an accident during this route.
During the walk or to do/see around
- "Roche du Diable".
- "Retournemer” Lake.
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