Ungersberg Route

Park in the car park at Villé station.

(S/E) Walk via the Place de la Gare to Rue du Mont Sainte-Odile, cross it and turn right onto Rue du Soleil, following signpost No. 4 for the Villé Valley. You will reach a three-way junction.

(1) Keep right onto Rue du Soleil, then at the next junction follow the Red Triangle signposting. Head towards the village of Triembach-au-Val via Rue des Guerriers

(2) Turn left until you reach the junction by the chemist’s. Take Rue Scheibenberg, following signpost No. 4 for the Villé Valley, then turn right onto Rue des Mines to reach a dirt track marked with a Yellow Triangle. You’ll come to a tarmac forest road.

(3) Turn left onto this road until you reach a three-way junction at a place called Le Sauloch.

(4) Continue along a dirt track to the right, signposted with a Blue Cross, until you reach the junction marking a change in signposting at the hamlet of Baerenberg.

(5) Keep left and follow the ‘Green Cross’ signposting. Make a circular loop to the right to reach the hamlet of Sommerain.

(6) Make a 180° turn towards the Col de l’Ungersberg, following the Green Saltire markings. At the next track, turn 180° to the right onto the Route Forestière de l’Ungersberg. Leave this track to the right at the junction with the path marked with a Yellow Circle. You will then reach the Col de l’Ungersberg.

(7) Head back down, following the Yellow Saltire markings towards the Ungersberg Forest House. You will reach a car park.

(8) Turn right onto the track marked with a Blue Disc. After passing the forest ranger’s house, head towards Albéville, continuing to follow the Blue Disc until you reach the Albé equestrian centre.

(9) Cross the road and take a dirt track marked with a Red Cross. Pass in front of Albé aerodrome. In the middle of the runway, you’ll come to a crossroads; turn left. Continue along the path that runs alongside the vineyards until you reach the original crossroads.

(1) Follow the same route as on the way there to return to the station car park in Villé (S/E).