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Car park at Guebwiller cemetery
No signposting
(S/E) With your back to the car park, head left then right to go round the church and cemetery on the left for 100 m. Turn left onto a track. Enjoy the first views of the Croix de Mission and the surroundings of Guebwiller. For the return journey, leave the path on the left and a track. Continue straight on towards the road to reach a Fork in the road on a slight incline.
(1) Turn right into the vineyards. Enjoy the views over the Alsace plain and Bergholtz. At the end of the path, head down to the right until you reach the road. Turn left to immediately join Rue Vauban.
(2) Follow it to the right to cross Bergholtz. Carry on straight ahead until you reach the cycle path. Follow it straight on, leaving Bergholtz behind, and cross a farm track at its end.
(3) Continue straight on and keep heading in the same direction. Be careful, as this section can be very muddy. The Vosges mountains come into view on the left. Opposite, you can see the Church of Notre-Dame de Rouffach. Keep heading in the same direction until you reach the Ruisseau de Holtzcanal.
(4) Cross the stream and ignore a path on the right. Continue until you reach the vineyards and the road.
(5) Turn left, then take the first track on the right. Take two left/right turns to reach a track.
Green Diamond signpost
Continue straight ahead, then turn right to reach the Route des Vins.
(6) Head almost straight ahead along the path. Immediately after the stream, follow the track to the left, then the one to the right at its end. Continue straight on along the road. Ignore a path leading uphill to the left to reach a second one.
No markings
(7) Turn left, then immediately take the second track on the right. Continue straight on to reach a second junction.
Red Ring signposting
Continue to the road, with views of Rouffach.
(8) Follow the road uphill to the left, then turn right onto a track. Continue straight ahead again to reach a Fork in the road.
No signposting
Keep going straight. Keep to the right of the road to reach an orientation table and viewpoint.
Red Cross markings
(9) Enjoy the view, which stretches from the Black Forest to the Alps when the weather permits.
Take the path climbing to the left. Ignore a path leading straight ahead and keep to the right, then left and right again at the entrance to the woods. Climb up to the Oelberg Chapel.
Discovery trail
(10) Take in the view and, heading south, take the path that starts very discreetly to the left, opposite the chapel and at the edge of the first meadow. Continue to the right at the Fork in the road to reach the highest point of the circular route and its mast.
(11) Go round the mast on the right and follow the track. The track makes a 90° turn to the right, then another to the left. Ignore the first two junctions to reach a third.
No signposting
(12) Turn left, then straight ahead. Ignore a track on the left, then turn left to reach the start of a paved path.
(13) Follow it to the right until you reach the left-hand bend.
Red Triangle Signpost
Continue downhill to the end of the street in Westhalten. Then turn left and head for the junction near the town hall and the fountain.
(14) Admire this fountain and its well, which are listed as historic monuments. Turn right to reach a Fork in the road.
No markings
Continue straight ahead then turn left until you reach the next crossroads.
Blue Disc Signpost
Ignore this and cross another street.
No signposting
Keep right onto Rue de la Fontaine, then left onto Rue Pferkel and finally right to cross the Ohmback and reach the main road. Follow it to the left until you reach a cross, about 200 m further on.
Red Ring signpost
(15) Take the track to the right, then immediately left. Start climbing through a wood before emerging into the vineyards and crossing a track.
(16) Follow this track. Turn left then right to reach another fork.
Blue Ring markings
Follow the path to the left which enters the Collines de Rouffach Nature Reserve.
(17) Cross a track and enjoy an exceptional view of the surrounding area. At the four-way junction, turn right to walk alongside the reserve. Ignore one road and cross a second one.
(18) Continue to the right. You can see the Bollenberg Chapel in the distance. At the star-shaped junction, follow the path on the right to the chapel and its viewpoint.
Green Diamond markings
(19) It overlooks Orschwihr and Bergholtzell. Pass to the right of the chapel and take the small stony path. Turn left onto the track, then right onto the road to cross a stream. Pass three lanes to reach a fourth in Orschwihr.
Red Diamond markings
(20) Turn left. First turn right then left to arrive opposite a fountain.
No markings
Keep left onto Rue Principale. Keep to the right to reach the start of the Way of the Cross at Mont Calvaire de l’Oelberg.
(21) Take the time to have a look around.
Red Diamond signpost
Then exit via the main entrance and turn right. Continue straight ahead until you reach the second road.
(22) Keep going straight. Go round the Roche du Coucou hill and look out over the Alsace plain. Follow the track at the end of the road. Ignore a path on the left. Keep going straight until you reach the next road. Continue straight on along the track. Ignore one junction, then come to a second one with a faint path.
No signposting
(23) Follow the ascending track. Take a hairpin bend, then first turn left then right to immediately find the path climbing steeply between the vineyards. Take care on the very narrow, stepped sections along the low walls. Ignore a path descending to the right into the forest. Head left towards the Croix de Mission.
(24) Enjoy the view over the Lauch Valley and the surrounding countryside. Then head back down to the junction at the start of the climb.
(23) Take the inconspicuous path on the right. At the end of the path, turn right and return to the starting point by following the route in reverse. (S/E)
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