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The hike starts in Crémanvillers at the southern crossroads (elevation 404) (see photo).
Crémanvillers is located between the municipalities of Le Syndicat and Vagney, of which it is a hamlet.
(S/E) Take the paved road to Chèvreroche for 600 metres, following the blue signpost.
You will come to a three-way intersection (sign for Glé sawmill 300 m). Turn right and 100m further on, at No. 12(bis), turn left onto Rue du Feing des Loges and continue to a small crossroads with a metal calvary. Opposite, take Impasse de l'Ère Clos and continue straight ahead, taking a small path on the right of No. 4, which you follow to Chèvreroche.
(1) The route continues between hedges of broom. Cross a wide path.
(2) At the Sarrasin staircase, continue straight ahead to reach a paved road.
(3) Cross the road and pass a house on your left. Cross the road again (for the second time). At a three-way junction, turn right. The climb becomes steeper until you reach a wall under a hairpin bend in the road (third time). Continue 50 metres to the left to see the Baptis'Minic'andré fountain.
(4) Continue along the blue signposts. Cross the tarmac road a fourth time, then a fifth time. Pass a property on your right and finally, at the edge of the forest, take the tarmac road to the pass. Go back a little, pass a shelter and take the unmarked sunken path that leads to a picnic table.
(5) This is the highest point of the route. Now is the time to get out your binoculars, enjoy the scenery and look for the seven bell towers visible in the distance.
Continue along the path to the paragliding launch site. Take one last look and follow the red circular trail behind you into the forest. At the three-way junction, ignore the metal barrier and turn left. Cross the meadow, do not take the barrier but go down along the fence towards a large rock, enter the forest and go down to a large crossroads.
(6) Go straight ahead (3rd on the left) onto the wide path and 50m further on, leave the Chemin du Faing Labeurre on your left and turn right onto the blue signpost towards the Chalet des Charmes. In the forest, the trail will constantly run alongside a mountain bike trail. This trail is not marked on the map, but you will come back onto the wide Chemin du Faing Labeurre. From there, stay on this path until you reach the Chalet de la Charme (previously called Les Charmes), still following the blue sign.
(7) From this point, a red diamond-shaped trail descends south-west into the forest. Further on, continue left towards Lémont. You will arrive at a hairpin bend on a paved road that climbs towards Haut du Tot.
(8) Follow the red diamond along the edge of the meadow. Cross three small wooden bridges.
(9) At the paved road, turn right and then immediately left. At a three-way junction, turn left and descend to the crossroads.
(10) Turn left onto the footpath. Cross a bridge and leave the forest to cross a meadow. You will arrive at Route des Granges Simon. Descend for 700 metres until you reach a give way sign. Take the tarmac road on the left and 300 metres further on, turn right at the red cross onto a path that enters the forest.
At a three-way junction, follow the blue sign to Crémanvillers on the right.
(11) Cross a very pretty bridge to return to the starting point (S/E).
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