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Park in Loker (Locres). There are a few parking spaces at the entrance to Kalissestraat.
Note: you can also park along the N375, which connects Loker to Ypres.
(S/E) Join the N375 and follow it for a few metres on the left (towards Loker). Turn right, then immediately left (Oude Bellestraat) towards number 45 (you can leave the tarmac for a while to walk along the vineyards on the right). At number 45, continue straight ahead and after 100 metres you will reach number 46.
(1) Take thesecond road on the right towards 37. This is a beautiful road that climbs towards Mont Rouge and its mill. When you reach a car park on the left, turn left immediately and follow the car park. At the end of the car park (the mill is on the right), turn left at the edge of the woods. Continue until you reach a right-angle crossroads.
(2) Turn right, then immediately left to join Gildestraat (you can also go straight ahead). Follow Gildestraat on the right and you will reach a T-junction (point 40). Turn left and continue for 200 m to reach point 41.
(3) Turn left towards 43 (barrier) to cross the woods on a pretty, well-maintained path. You will reach a small road (Oude Bellestraat), which you follow to the right for about 250 m.
(4) Don't miss the grassy path that branches off to the right towards a wooden barrier (just before a large farm). Pass a few barriers and take a few turns to reach a small road. Follow it on the right (there is a footpath) before reaching point 60.
(5) Opposite (at the barrier), take the path that leads to point 61. This section is difficult to describe, but the route on the map is accurate and there are a few signposts to guide you to point 61. You will cross a pasture where you may see some pretty cattle grazing, including a harmless bull.
There is one last barrier before you reach a wide path (61).
(6) Turn left towards 62, which is after a right-hand bend.
(7) Go straight ahead towards 13. Follow a campsite (on the left) before reaching Bellestraat at Mont Noir. Cross it and the small square, then turn right towards 14 (towards Westouter). After 100 m, turn left, then immediately right onto the path, still towards 14. You will find it just after joining a small road.
(8) At post 14, leave the tarmac and take the path on the left with GR® (be careful, it is not very visible), towards 8. This section, which can be very wet, is now perfectly maintained. At marker 8 (barrier, see photo), leave the GR® and turn right, then immediately left (barrier) towards 7. The path turns right and reaches a crossroads (marker 7). Take the tarmac road opposite towards 15 to join the N 398 (Bellestraat).
(9) Follow it on the left for about 100 metres, then turn right onto the path, still towards 15. You will reach a crossroads at 15. Then turn right onto the tarmac road towards 20. At the end of the housing estate (on the left), you will arrive at point 20 (a stake slightly hidden on the right of the road). Turn left towards 19 onto a path that can be quite wet at times (deer in spring 2018) to reach a crossroads (point 19, with a welcoming bench on the left). Turn right towards 10. Find a crossroads and turn right onto the path towards 22 (there are a few more benches in this area). After 250 m, find a path that branches off to the left towards the woods (point 22).
(10) Take this path and immediately turn right towards 64. At the T-junction, turn left, still towards 64. At 64, turn left, still along the edge of the path, and pass a large farm on your right. A little further on, after a few bends, turn sharply left into the woods to reach point 65.
(11) At 65, turn left towards 23 to cross a developed wetland area (boardwalk). Then take the GR®. Reach 23 at a T-junction. Turn right off the GR®, pass points 24 and 25 and head towards 33 (nice playground on the left). From 33, a well-surfaced road leads to 32 (which is on Mont Rouge).
(12) At point 32, turn left (towards 31, then 27) onto a path that descends until you reach a small road (and the GR®). Follow it for about 100 metres to the right and turn left onto a path (wet in the lower part) towards 29 until you reach a major road (see practical information). Follow it for a short while on the right and take the path on the left to reach 29.
(13) At the T-junction, turn left towards 12, which you will reach just before a road.
Take the path through the woods on the right towards 13. This section is signposted: it is the Tweebergen trail. It crosses well-maintained wetlands (boardwalks), so stay on the winding path. A nice bench and a large cairn await you at the top of the Sulferberg, just before point 13.
(14) At point 13 (T-junction), leave the Tweebergen and turn left towards 71 to reach a small road. Follow it a few metres to the right to reach it (house). Take the path on the left (towards 70) which describes a wide loop to avoid a wet pasture. At the edge of a small wood, turn left (developed area) and join a small road (point 70).
Follow it on the right until you reach the N 375 (point 52). Cross it carefully and take the small road opposite that climbs up the Scherpenberg (towards 50). Shortly before the summit, leave the road and take a path on the right (a nice climb) which leads through the woods to the summit. You will reach a fork.
(15) At the fork, turn right and go through the gate on the left to follow the path through the woods. Reach the edge of the forest.
(16) Take a hairpin turn to the left and follow the narrow path (gate).
At the first opening, take the grassy path on the left.
At the end, turn left and follow the road until you see a crossroads.
(17) Go down (gate) at the crossroads.
Turn left (towards 45). About a hundred metres further on, don't miss the path that branches off to the right into the woods. There is another wet section, but you can still wade through. Reach a small road and follow it to the left until you reach the starting point (S/E).
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