From Bonne Fontaine to the Saint-Michel Chapel

Date of your route : Dec 22, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

A pleasant walk with a few points of interest. A bit too much on the road and without signage. And then there's the possibility of getting lost on the way to the Langenthal cross. At one intersection, there are two possible choices with the same signage (blue easel on the right-hand side). I found myself completely lost and finally found my way back by luck.
It was quite a scare.

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Date of your route : Jun 27, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant hike, mostly shaded.
A few comments, however:
From point 1 to point 4: bucolic route; at point 3, we made a 1.4 km round trip detour to Fond de Fouquet.
Point 4: the "Grotte des Amoureux" (Lovers' Cave) has no sign. The section on the RD 133 is a few dozen metres long; follow the signs for "chevalet bleu" (blue easel)-Fontaine Ste Marie and shooting range.
Points 5 to 6: very noisy road running parallel to the RD 133. Short detour (10 minutes round trip) to discover the Roches Peintes site at a bend in the road (see website: lieux-insolites.fr)
Point 6: turn right after the bridge and, as soon as you leave Oberhof, take a path on the left that is not very visible, as is the "blue ring" hidden on a tree at the entrance to the path. There are few markings on this section.
Points 8 to 9: route on a busy tarmac road. NB: We have omitted points 10 to 13, as we have already visited them.
Points 13 to 14: very sunny and noisy tarmac road. Further on, the "blue cross" trail disappears: stay on the tarmac... and you will only return to the forest for the last kilometre.
In conclusion: the numerous sections of tarmac and the noise generated by roads/motorways/high-speed trains close to the trails considerably spoil the initial charm of this hike.

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Date of your route : Jan 14, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Nice explanation.
However, the last 5 kilometres of the route are not very interesting.

It's still a lovely walk.

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Date of your route : Sep 26, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

The hike is relatively easy with little elevation gain. You can see quite a few caves and other rocks. The only downside is that you sometimes have to follow the road (about 2 km in total during the walk). Highly recommended.

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Date of your route : Sep 13, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Very busy route : No

Hello, the start of this hike is as described. The points of interest are interesting. The paths are pretty and well shaded. So everything is going well until point 12. We didn't see the Rocher des Dames. The trail has turned into a tarmac forest road, which is very unpleasant to walk on. We were eager to get back onto a footpath. We were surprised by the loud noise of traffic. We realised that the motorway was very close by. We continued walking along this marked road (red diamond). We passed cars that did not slow down as they approached us. We cannot walk on the hard shoulder, which is not at all stable. Worried, we watch the vehicles while looking into the distance for the next crossing point. In fact, we walk along the road from point 12 to Bonne Fontaine. The whole area has been changed by the arrival of the TGV. The path marked with the blue cross has disappeared. We walk between the motorway and the TGV line on a road frequented by vehicles that ignore hikers. We were delighted to arrive safely at the car. Disappointed and stressed, we did not eat at the Bonne Fontaine restaurant. Too bad.

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Date of your route : Apr 30, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A lovely, energetic walk

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Yes, but the high-speed rail line has cut the forest in two, and to reach Bonne Fontaine, you would have to make a very long detour, heading north before you could return. I've already tried it, but the trails are very difficult.
See you soon on another route.

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Date of your route : Mar 12, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A magnificent hike with some very interesting sites to discover. The only slight downside is the end of the route, which passes between the high-speed rail line and the motorway. The end of the route should be changed.

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Date of your route : Sep 17, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A lovely walk.
A few details:
at 3): It is not after the Fouquet hut but "at the level of or opposite" the Fouquet hut
9): After 850m: I would rephrase this as "after about 850m, take the small wooden bridge on your left".
14): Take the path (blue cross): I think the path no longer exists and has been replaced by the SNCF asphalt road, at least at the beginning.

Note: The least interesting part, which stretches for 1 to 2 km, is the section that runs alongside the motorway (13) because the noise from the cars is annoying.
Thank you.

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Thank you for your feedback. What do you mean by 'the description is completely unreliable'? How can we change it to improve it?
Kind regards

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Date of your route : May 21, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

It's a very nice hike, taking you from Lorraine to Alsace. The paths are beautiful, but the end is a real shame, as you have to walk between the high-speed rail line and the motorway, and the noise is really unpleasant! From the Hussard cave onwards, the description is completely unreliable! But it was a wonderful hike nonetheless.

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I have already given my opinion on this hike.

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Good evening,
Yes, before the high-speed rail line, there was a beautiful trail. It is complicated to get around it. My friends from the Phalsbourg Vosges Club who are in this area have not yet found an acceptable solution. To the left of the road is the motorway and to the right is the LGV, with a forest behind it where it is difficult to trace a straight path. One solution is to cross to the other side of the motorway via the bridge at the pylon level and join the RD 122, follow it for a few dozen metres and rejoin the path. It's a shame.

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Date of your route : Oct 08, 2016
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A magnificent hike through the woods on lovely little paths, just the way I like them. It should be noted, however, that the
last part (from Rotlhach) is very, very disappointing. Walking at the end of the hike on a road between the high-speed rail line and the motorway, then under the tall pillars of the high-speed rail line, is very disappointing.
It's a shame, because without this section I would have given the hike a 9/10.
Is there no way to take another route?

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Date of your route : Sep 27, 2016
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A very beautiful hike to do again

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