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(S) The starting point is at the Cernay cemetery, where there is a car park.
Go round the cemetery on the left, following the recent extension, then turn right onto Rue des Montagnes and follow it to the junction with Rue Joseph Depierre. Continue straight on along Rue des Montagnes, then take the second street on the left, Rue du Schlaegling. At the end of this street, turn right and walk for a good hundred metres.
(1) When this street turns right, continue straight ahead along the dirt track towards the vineyard.
Follow the path winding through the vineyards to the Chapelle Saint-Morand.
(2) Turn immediately right to join the path which heads gently uphill to the left towards the mountains. Follow this path straight on until you reach the edge of the forest surrounding the last houses of Steinbach. Then follow the forest path (marked with Blue Crosses) which heads north-west and then due west to reach the Scheltzenburg crossroads.
(3) Then turn right, following the eastern slope of the Wolfskopf. The route continues along a wide forest track with numerous three-way junctions. Note that at each of the two three-way junctions you encounter, you must take the path situated further up the slope. Yes, always higher up!
(4) Once you reach the hairpin bend on the Route des Crêtes (RD431), follow the red-white-red markings to the Col du Herrenfluh, which you’ll reach in a few minutes
(5) To return, simply follow the same path back to the vicinity of the Route des Crêtes.
(4) Begin the descent by turning left and this time following the red-white-red markings.
The first part of the descent follows a path below the Route des Crêtes to a promontory offering a splendid view of Cernay and the surrounding area.
(6) The descent continues down a more or less steep slope to the junction with the RD431, which you will simply skirt.
(7). After a few hundred metres, turn right towards Cernay and rejoin the RD 431 once more.
(8) This time, cross the road with great care: traffic is quite heavy in the summer months and many cyclists and other two-wheelers sometimes approach at high speed. Continue the descent until you reach the RD431 once more; follow it, keeping to the uphill side, until you reach the entrance to the village of Uffholtz
(9) You can make a short detour to the Chapelle Saint-Antoine, signposted as you approach the roadside (this detour is not shown on the route map). Once again, cross the Route des Crêtes and, after crossing the Egelbach stream, turn immediately left into Rue de Steinbach, which you will follow until it turns sharply left to join Rue du Ballon.
(10) At this point, turn right onto the street that climbs gently up to the Loh plateau. The tarmac gives way to a dirt track after a few dozen metres. Once at the top of the hill, take the path on the left then turn immediately right to stay on the plateau. Continue along this path until you reach the reservoir, a large concrete building next to a grove of pine trees.
(11) Follow the path marked with a Blue Cross which descends to your left, running alongside the vineyards. After a few hundred metres, the path turns into a road and you find yourself on Rue des Montagnes. All that remains is to retrace your steps along this street, which you took at the start of your walk, to return to Cernay cemetery (E).
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