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To get to the starting point, from Rue de Koenigsbruck in Soufflenheim (D37), turn onto Rue du Sable where the fire station is located. Follow the signs for "Parcours de santé/Routes VTT" (fitness trail/mountain bike routes). Continue along the cul-de-sac to the tennis club, where there is a large free car park. Head up Rue du Sable towards the north-west to reach the start of the trail, where you will find two information boards about the mountain biking and fitness trails.
Mountain bike trail no. 1 (red)
(S/E) Enter the forest, following the mountain biking signs. Follow the undulating trail, where you will find various fitness trail equipment.
(1) At the fork, stay on the path to the right.
(2) At the intersection with a path, continue straight ahead, ignoring the paths and trails on either side.
(3) At the intersection with a path, turn right.
(4) At the crossroads of four tracks, take the path on the left and continue straight ahead for 1.6 km, crossing three tracks.
(5) At thefourth crossroads, turn left onto Route Forestière des Juifs (tarmac road) and continue straight ahead.
(6) Before the road curves left to cross the Eberbach, turn right onto Allée de l'Eberbach, which runs alongside the stream of the same name. Stay on this lane for 1.8 km, ignoring all other paths.
(7) At the intersection, turn left onto Route Forestière de Betschdorf (tarmac road) and cross the Eberbach a few metres further on. Take thesecond path on the right.
(8) Take the path and continue straight ahead, ignoring the paths on the right and left.
(9) At the crossroads, the path curves slightly to the left. Continue straight ahead for about 1.2 km.
(10) At the junction with Route Forestière de Schwabwiller (tarmac road), turn right onto this road and continue to the fork near an inn and a playground.
(11) Head right and stay on the tarmac road, cross the Eberbach stream again and continue for a few metres.
(12) When the road curves slightly to the left, turn right onto the Gros-Chêne forest path. Follow this path, ignoring the paths on either side.
(13) Cross the Route Forestière de Betschdorf (tarmac road) and continue straight ahead until you reach a crossroads and a trailhead opposite.
(14) Turn left at the next junction, continue straight ahead and join the next one.
(15) Turn right and continue straight ahead.
(16) Cross Route Forestière des Juifs and continue straight ahead for 1.5 km until you reach a T-junction.
(17) Turn right and you will soon reach the fork with the route you took on the way there.
(4) At the intersection encountered at the start of the circular route, turn left and continue straight ahead.
(18) A few metres before the path joins the D344, turn right at the Carrefour des Retraités (shelter and pétanque area).
(2) Return to the intersection you came to after the start and turn left to rejoin the fitness trail.
(1) Continue straight ahead.
(19) Follow the markings to take the narrow path on the right, which forms a circular path joining the main path, then continue straight ahead to finally exit the forest (S/E).
