Rummel Waterfalls – Étang des Roseaux – Refuge de la Grande Goutte

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A very pleasant walk, easily accessible to everyone, both in terms of difficulty and navigation. It starts from a car park on the edge of the forest and follows, for the most part, a forest track. This passes by the magnificent Rummel waterfalls, then leads to the beautiful site of the Étang des Roseaux. You then cross the Plain de l'Épine forest briefly to reach the Grande Goutte clearing and its refuge, a haven of peace between Haute-Saône and Ballon d'Alsace.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 3.95 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 35 
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    Difficulty: Moderate
  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
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    Ascent: + 856 ft
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    Descent: - 856 ft
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    Highest point: 3,379 ft
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    Lowest point: 2,523 ft
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Description of the walk

Park in the small, shaded, free car park located on a hairpin bend on the D465.

(S/E) Take the only forest road available after passing through the barrier. You will reach a junction.

(1) Continue straight on, along the same road, until you reach the Étang des Roseaux.

(2) Continue along the forest road, which further on turns into a track. You will reach a three-way junction.

(3) Keep left. Head straight on at the junction about fifty metres further on, then reach a T-junction.

(4) Continue straight ahead, keeping to the right, and head for the Refuge de la Grande Goutte.

(5) The return journey follows the same route in the opposite direction to the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 2,523 ft - Car park
  2. 1 : mi 0.34 - alt. 2,648 ft - Ballon Fens
  3. 2 : mi 0.72 - alt. 2,838 ft - Étang des Roseaux
  4. 3 : mi 1.72 - alt. 3,323 ft - Plain de l'Épine, three-way junction
  5. 4 : mi 1.8 - alt. 3,373 ft - Junction
  6. 5 : mi 1.98 - alt. 3,333 ft - Refuge de la Grande Goutte
  7. S/E : mi 3.95 - alt. 2,523 ft - Car park

Notes

Drinking water available at the Refuge de la Grande Goutte (5).

Worth a visit

Picnics are possible at the Étang des Roseaux (2) or at the Refuge de la Grande Goutte (5).

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