Circular route around the Lambach ponds

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A walk along beautiful paths that take you on a circular route around several ponds.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 4.04 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 00 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy
  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 197 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 197 ft
  • ▲
    Highest point: 1,096 ft
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    Lowest point: 899 ft
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Round tour around the ponds of Lambach

Description of the walk

Park at the entrance to the forest track south of Lambach; leave your car by the side of the track.

(S/E) Continue straight on, following the various ponds as they follow one after the other on their right-hand banks. You’ll reach a junction after the third pond.

(1) Carry on straight ahead to pass three more ponds; stay on this path until you reach a junction between two more small ponds.

(2) Take the path that climbs slightly to the left to reach the top of the Dreibilderthal valley, where you will find a wider path.

(3) Turn right onto it to reach the vicinity of the Rocher des Trois Figures. Stay on this path until you reach a junction with a trail.

(4) Take the path straight ahead; shortly afterwards, walk past two small ponds and further on you’ll come to a wide path.

(5) Turn right, almost 180°, to take this path; follow it and you will come back to the three ponds you passed earlier, but this time on the left bank. At the next junction, turn 180° to the right to return to the first junction.

(1) Turn left to return via the outward route to the starting point (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 899 ft - Car park on the forest track. Near the - Schwalb (rivière) - Affluent de la Horn
  2. 1 : mi 0.55 - alt. 919 ft - Continue straight ahead at the junction
  3. 2 : mi 1.31 - alt. 994 ft - Crossroads 2 ponds right bank
  4. 3 : mi 1.52 - alt. 1,096 ft - Top of the Dreibilderthal valley
  5. 4 : mi 2.14 - alt. 1,066 ft - Crossroads 2 ponds left bank
  6. 5 : mi 2.52 - alt. 994 ft - Crossroads
  7. S/E : mi 4.04 - alt. 899 ft - Car park on the forest track

Reviews and comments

3.8 / 5
Based on 6 reviews
Reliability of the description
3.7 / 5
Ease of following the route
4 / 5
Route interest
3.8 / 5
jpsgauthier
jpsgauthier

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 01, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Just to clarify, this trail is not signposted by the Club Vosgien, so there are no landmarks in place...
In the description, it says "Continue straight on, skirting the various ponds that follow one another on their right-hand banks". It would be more understandable to read "leave the ponds on your right until the first crossroads"...
Then it reads "Continue straight ahead, skirting three more ponds, keeping to this path and reaching an intersection between two new small ponds". The crossroads is V-shaped today, so continue straight ahead....? "Continuing on your left would seem more logical...
The vegetation has grown since the description of this route was created - the description was accurate in 2017 - so it's hard to see the famous ponds. To date, they are surrounded by a green fence that starts at the intersection between these two small ponds.
At point 4, when you reach the path, it says to take the opposite direction, which is again a V junction. It would be better to take the downhill path on your right.
So that's it, not many people crossed my path, but the Sunday before the start of the new school year seems normal to me and the rest of the description is easy to understand...
A nice, well-shaded trail that's relatively easy for people who want to get their legs back in shape...

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Gerberfan
Gerberfan

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 27, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

Lovely walk around the ponds. Lovely, peaceful scenery and beautiful paths. Thank you for this invitation.

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Sherpa80
Sherpa80

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 22, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk.
The Rock of the 3 Figures is not on the itinerary, but it is signposted: you just have to take a little path that climbs to the left to get there. And it's not very long.
Getting to point 5 is not easy: from the intersection with the path marked with a red triangle, which descends to the right to cross the small stream, the path that continues straight on to get to point 5 is poorly marked, if at all, and there are a few passages obstructed by trunks and branches lying across.

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Sxb
Sxb

If on the map at point 5: you have to turn left, leave the path, cross a stream. Then turn 180 degrees. The problem is that there is no path on the other side of the water. You might as well stay on the path and retrace your steps.

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POULIN Gérard
POULIN Gérard ★

Hello,
this advice should not apply to this walk. At no point does the description mention leaving the road.

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Sxb
Sxb
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The loop suggests we leave the road for a while. It's no good if you go off into the wild and end up getting lost and trying to find your way back. So don't follow the advice to leave the path, just follow it and you'll be fine.

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ANTOINE DOMINIQUE
ANTOINE DOMINIQUE

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 27, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

lovely family walk with no difficulties
thank you for discovering these ponds.

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henri57
henri57 ★

Hello,

Thank you for taking the time to give us your opinion.

but we missed the rock of the 3 figures
Firstly, it wasn't on the route and secondly, the arrow told us that we had to go up a small path, but we didn't know how many metres we still had to walk.

Visorando provides a detailed description and a 1:25,000 IGN map, and if you look at the map and the scale of the map, you can see that the Rocher des Trois Figures is about 100m from the route.

A+

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marionmae200911
marionmae200911

Overall rating : 2.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 06, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing

the route wasn't too bad but we went past the 3 figures rock.
Firstly, it wasn't on the circuit and secondly, the arrow told us that we had to go up a small path but we didn't know how many metres we still had to walk.

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bea57200
bea57200

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 18, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

great route... how do you get to the Rocher des Trois Figures? Thanks a lot...

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