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From the eastern entrance to the village of Mittlach, walk 850 m uphill, turning left at the crossroads near a hotel, then pass in front of the church and town hall to park near the village exit sign.
(S/E) With your back to the village, take the tarmac road called "Chemin du Herrenberg" marked with a yellow cross towards Pfahlrunz. The Grande Fecht river flows on your left. Head to the Renaud Forest House.
(1) Continue along the tarmac road on the left and pass by the monument to General E. L. Renaud, killed in action in June 1915 as a lieutenant in the Alpine Chasseurs. Leave the dead end on the left and continue towards a stele.
(2) Memorial stone erected in memory of General Renaud, lieutenant inthe 68th BCA, killed on 15 June 1915 at the Anlasswasen. Continue along the path, keeping to the right towards the campsite.
(3) At the fork before the campsite, take the Rosskoph path marked with a yellow cross, climbing to the right towards the Pfahlrunz waterfalls.
(4) Follow the winding path, which offers views of the waterfalls.
After the waterfalls, continue on the path marked with a yellow cross towards the ridge. On the ridge, before reaching the crossroads, turn right, still following the yellow cross path, along a path through the fields. After about 50 metres, join the ridge path, theGR®5marked with a red rectangle.
(5) Continue to the right on this ridge path and admire the splendid panorama of the Vosges peaks: Grand Ballon, Petit Ballon and, further along the ridge, Batteriekopf, Rothenbachkopf, Rainkopf, Kastelberg and Hohneck. Shortly before the Col du Herrenberg, you will reach the summit of the Schweisel
(6) At the summit, take a path on the right across the fields to join the forest path below coming from the pass.
(7) After a few metres on the forest road, turn right again onto a small unmarked path through the fields. It joins theGR®5just before the edge of the forest.
(8) At the crossroads, take theGR®5on the right to descend into the forest towards Mittlach.
(9) At the crossroads, continue down the forest road to the hairpin bend that follows.
(10) At the bend, which offers a view of the Mittlach valley in Munster, leave the forest road and take a path that branches off to the left, next to the bench, through the forest.
(11) Further on, theGR®5descends in hairpin bends and crosses the forest road twice. It finally rejoins it at the bottom of the descent.
(12) Turn right onto the forest road and descend to join the tarmac road at the Maison Forestière Renaud.
(1) Return to the car park (S/E) via the same route you took on the way up.
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