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From Épinal, take the road towards the Razimont district. Cross the Moselle and continue straight on along the same road (Rue Aristide Briand). At the roundabout, go straight on, then take the first exit on the right at the second roundabout. Park in the car park a few metres further on.
Green Ring markings throughout the route
(S/E) On leaving the car park, turn left along Rue des Soupirs for about 50 metres.
Climb the steps on the left, keep left at the first junction, then, a little further on, turn right onto Chemin des Gardes. At the top of the steps, the path runs along a balcony, offering a beautiful panoramic view of the town.
Continue straight on along a path that leads to Rue des Corvées. Head up the street to the left for about 80 metres, then turn right onto Chemin du Mont Carmel towards Rue de la Quarante Semaine, keeping in this direction at every junction. Turn right at the end of the path to reach Rue des Soupirs.
(1) Turn left, then left again onto Rue de la Quarante Semaine. Stay on this road until you reach Chemin de la Fontaine de Guéry. This path is located just before SpinaParc (a sign points to it on the left).
(2) Head left to follow this path towards the entrance to the Épinal National Forest. Shortly afterwards, pass under a bridge. After a few hundred metres, you will reach the Fontaine Guéry.
(3) Turn right onto a path that winds its way at the foot of overhanging rocks. Climb the hillside to reach the ridge near a platform bearing a 100-metre-high antenna. At the top of the plateau, turn left to reach a memorial erected in memory of the Resistance fighters shot in 1944.
(4) Continue to the left immediately after the memorial. Walk for some time through a varied forest of beech, oak, fir, spruce and Scots pine. Follow the forest path to its end at the junction with a stony track.
(5) Take this path to the left. Atthe first junction, continue straight ahead; the path heads north. Leave it after about 600 m to take the first Green Ring-marked path on the left. Keep to the right at every junction until you approach SpinaParc.
(6) Back at SpinaParc, cross the stony track then turn right onto a path running alongside the Ruisseau de la Vierge. After the pumping station, turn left onto a wide track and leave the forest at the junction with a small road. You can make a short detour of about 100 metres to the left off the main route to see the Croix des Pestiférés.
(7) Take the road on the right, keep left at the next junction. Pass through the hamlet of Pré Serpent. Turn right at a cross and follow the path to the next wood at a Fork in the road.
(8) Leave the Pré Serpent path and take the track on the left across the fields. Then keep to the right until you reach the next road; follow it for a few dozen metres, until just before the roundabout.
(9) Leave Rue de Laufromont by taking the steps on the left which lead to a footpath and then Rue du Point de vue, which you should take on the right. At the next junction, keep left and then keep right at the following one.
(10) After a wide right-hand bend, turn sharply left near an old farmhouse to join Ruelle du Coteau, which leads back to the car park (S/E).
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