Circular in the forest starting from Herbiester

Route from the village of Herbiester, mainly through beautiful forests with changing scenery, downhill towards the Gileppe to the bottom of the dam lake of the same name, and back up to the village.
A significant part of the route is on small asphalt roads: between the crossing points (S/E) to (2) and (4) to (6), plus the short return to the village.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 11.23 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 35 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 142 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 148 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 439 m
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    Lowest point: 312 m

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Description of the walk

Park at the junction of Chemin de Louba and Rue Tigelot.

(S/E) Start southwards at the junction with Chemin du Louba, which leads to the stream of the same name. Be careful not to take Chemin du Louba. Continue along Chemin Herbister towards Werfà, at the edge of the village, and turn left onto a path.

(1) Passing alongside a private pond, continue along the path.

(2) Continue on and cross the streams, including the Rau des Hayères, and the fords, then head towards the place known as Les Rutenales.

(3) Passing the Ruisseau des Huttes, continue through the Bois de Mofa to reach the Gileppe. Cross the Gileppe at the ford if the water is not high, otherwise there is a wooden footbridge* a few dozen metres to the right.

  • "The footbridge was reported to have been destroyed by the floods of July 2021. It has since been rebuilt."

(4) Take the long, narrow road on the left that leads to the bottom of the Gileppe dam lake.

(5) You will find a camping area here. Cross the Gileppe on your left.

(6) Cross the Louba and turn left just after the bridge to take the uphill path that starts here, cross the Bois des Hés and then return to Herbôfourire, the Route de la Croix du Baron and then Rue Tigelot. Turn left to reach the car park at the Chemin de Louba crossroads (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 391 m - Carrefour Chemin du Louba car park
  2. 1 : km 0.77 - alt. 383 m - Private pond
  3. 2 : km 1.36 - alt. 381 m - Les Rutenales
  4. 3 : km 3.86 - alt. 424 m - Ruisseau des Huttes
  5. 4 : km 4.89 - alt. 417 m - The - Gileppe (rivière) à finaliser
  6. 5 : km 8.13 - alt. 314 m - Camping area
  7. 6 : km 8.61 - alt. 313 m - Le Louba
  8. S/E : km 11.23 - alt. 391 m - Carrefour Chemin du Louba car park

Notes

(2) Les Rutenales: during the hunting season, access to certain areas is subject to closing times.

Reviews and comments

4.6 / 5
Based on 10 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.3 / 5
Ease of following the route
5 / 5
Route interest
4.4 / 5
Colben
Colben

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 31, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

No problem

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GGbagas
GGbagas

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 06, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Nice walk, relatively easy. The bridge has been repaired :-)
Thank you

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sasab888
sasab888

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 25, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A beautiful hike for forest lovers! Not much in the way of views, but we enjoyed being surrounded by trees the whole time. There's a section of about 3.5 kilometres on the road, but we didn't see any vehicles
Despite the rain, we had a great time.

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fred_borre
fred_borre

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 30, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Very busy route : No

Beautiful forest trails in autumn – however, very few actual paths, lots of wide paved forest roads and a long stretch on a gravel path – fortunately, there is a nice trail just before the end.

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BENMILOU
BENMILOU

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 27, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Very beautiful walk, but 40% of the route is parish specific to Brittany.
At point 3, the footbridge no longer exists, probably destroyed during the floods, so we had to walk over rocks.
Then descent on asphalt roads.
At point 6, after the bridge, turn left and then immediately right. Barbed wire prevents you from continuing straight ahead, but the path is on the right when you look at the barbed wire.
Very beautiful walk through the beech woods.

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Van Deyck
Van Deyck

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 26, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant walk with very little road traffic. We encountered very few people. A magnificent location.

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Jane1261
Jane1261

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 28, 2021
Reliability of the description : Not used / Not applicable
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Very beautiful route. Virtually no roads.

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lucvertongen
lucvertongen

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 31, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A beautiful loop in the forest, easy to access as it is always on fairly wide forest paths or roads with little elevation gain.
One downside, however: the route description is rather vague for someone who doesn't use an app. Mainly, the text in point 6, "stay on the path," is confusing. I stayed on the main track, which led me to the lake, when I should have turned left just after the bridge to take the path that starts there!

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Vdh
Vdh

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 13, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Very beautiful, very quiet, allow 1 hour less than advertised.

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gfeller
gfeller

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 21, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

A pleasant walk through open, light forests, but mainly on tracks. For this reason, allow 1 hour less than the time calculated by Visorando. A waypoint would have been useful after 5, when taking the path back up.

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