Circular route around the Oignin between the Coiselet and Charmine dams

Circular route around the Oignin between the Coiselet and Charmine dams, offering beautiful views of the Charmine and Oignin waterfalls, and of Coiselet Castle.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 10.16 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 30 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 197 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 196 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 399 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 288 m

Description of the walk

Park in the car park at the Coiselet Dam on the D936.

(S/E) Cross the D936 with care and take the road leading up to the hamlet of Royères.

No signposting
(1) Continue along the forest track, pass the Leat de la Renardière and arrive at a fork.

(2) Turn right and follow a forest track (not shown on the map) for about a hundred metres. Turn right again and follow the forest track down to a path on the right which leads down towards the Oignin.

(3) Take this path, which leads to a viewpoint overlooking the Saut de l'Oignin.

(4) Head back up towards the previous fork.

(3) Take the path on the right. Cross a seasonal stream and climb a fairly steep slope opposite along a faint track that runs alongside a fence. Follow the fence along the edge of the woods on this track.

(5) Continue straight on along the same path, following the edge of the woods to the Charmine Dam.

(6) Turn right and cross the Charmine Dam.

(7) At the end of the dam, take the path that descends to the right towards the Saut de Charmine. Follow the hedge and the gorge to the viewpoint overlooking the Saut de Charmine.

(8) Continue along the edge of the woods until you reach the path leading to Coiselet.

Yellow markings
Turn right onto this path which descends towards Coiselet, until you reach the viewpoint overlooking the waterfall and the Oignin potholes.

(9) Continue along the path that descends towards Coiselet until you reach a fork.

(10) Turn off towards Coiselet and head for the hamlet.

(11) Turn right to join the D936, follow it to the right with care and reach the Coiselet Dam car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 297 m - Car park at the Coiselet Dam
  2. 1 : km 1.45 - alt. 375 m - Hamlet of Royères
  3. 2 : km 4.01 - alt. 398 m - Junction
  4. 3 : km 4.71 - alt. 338 m - Turn-off A/R - Oignin (rivière)
  5. 4 : km 4.79 - alt. 323 m - Viewpoint over the Saut de l'Oignin
  6. 5 : km 5.1 - alt. 376 m - Junction
  7. 6 : km 5.55 - alt. 386 m - Dam
  8. 7 : km 5.74 - alt. 385 m - Junction after the dam
  9. 8 : km 6.02 - alt. 363 m - Viewpoint over Saut de Charmine
  10. 9 : km 6.41 - alt. 346 m - Viewpoint: the Oignin waterfall and potholes
  11. 10 : km 8.23 - alt. 342 m - Fork
  12. 11 : km 9.64 - alt. 308 m - Turn-off towards the D936
  13. S/E : km 10.16 - alt. 297 m - Car park at the Coiselet Dam

Reviews and comments

4.3 / 5
Based on 5 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.2 / 5
Ease of following the route
4 / 5
Route interest
4.6 / 5
Agenceur
Agenceur

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 21, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A walk that took 2 hours and 10 minutes with my dog. Very pleasant, even though I did it on a Sunday, which is hunting day (when I wore a high-visibility vest for safety) and there were numerous signs indicating that hunting was in progress. We even saw a pack of hunting dogs crossing the Oignin in pursuit of an animal (which I couldn’t see). The route is blocked by several fallen trees across the path, but you can get past them. The only difficulty lies in the section where you’re no longer on a path and where it’s a good idea to keep your mobile phone to hand so as not to stray from the route. And there is indeed a fence to cross. Be careful: depending on where you cross it, there may be an electric fence in addition to the barbed wire one. Well worth doing just to enjoy the view of the Saut de l’Oignin (from below and from above).

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Calirette
Calirette

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 21, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

At point 3, follow the signs carefully.
The yellow markings start at point 7, at the end of the dam.
Viewpoint: do not turn left at point 9 but continue for 50 m (return)

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DGIodg
DGIodg

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 12, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk, no particular problems
Please note: at point 4, the path is not easy to find, as it goes through thick undergrowth and requires you to climb over an electric fence.

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joss-lille
joss-lille

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 05, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk, taken in March.
Please note that at point 3, the path isn’t easy to find, as it goes through thick undergrowth and requires you to climb over an electric fence.
Apart from that, I highly recommend it. The lovely surprise is the little Charmines dam.

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Christian FORTIER
Christian FORTIER

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 04, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk

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