From Monts Durand to Pierres de Roûge in Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert

Every spring, cherry trees cover the Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert area with millions of white flowers. The town also reveals its well-preserved architectural heritage to attentive and curious hikers at every turn of the trail.
A succession of streams, orchards, calvaries and farms typical of the Pays de la Vôge will reveal themselves as you wander along the paths.
Explore the Pierres-de-Roûge site and admire its imposing blocks of purple sandstone.
Route Anneaux Bleus marked.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 11.84 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 4h 05 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 237 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 232 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 411 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 301 m

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Description of the walk

Park in the car park near the Tourist Office.

(S/E) From the Tourist Office, take Rue de l'Église, turn left onto Rue du Parc and continue straight ahead onto Rue des Jardins. Turn right and walk past the distillery.

(1) Turn onto Rue des Moines Hauts and continue to the end of the street. Turn left and continue along small paths until you reach a road, which you will follow to the right.

(2) Leave the road and take a path on the left across the fields. When you reach a path coming from the D18, turn left and continue to the hamlet of Le Boigeot.

(3) Pass in front of the chapel and, at the fork, stay on the road down to Fougerolles-le-Château.

(4) At the junction with the departmental road, turn right and then left onto the bridge. At the fork, turn left and then right.

(5) Take a grassy path on your right that goes around the castle. Turn left onto the road and continue to the hamlet of Chez Jean Dicotet, which you will cross. Take the path that leads to a cross and turn right to join the road, which you will follow for about 100 metres.

(6) At the top, take the path across the field that branches off to the left. On the right, descend into the forest. Cross the Ruisseau des Pochattes stream and continue along the path that leads to Pierres-de-Roûge.

(7) You will enter the Pierres de Roûge site, where you will find information panels on the history, geology and local flora and fauna. Cross the site.

(8) At the exit of the site, take the path that descends to the left towards La Ramouse.

(9) Near the main road, stay on the left-hand road until you reach the next path on the right, about 150 metres away.

(10) Turn right onto a path through the fields that joins the D57D main road.

(11) Keep left, ignore the streets on the right and left, and arrive at Rue Querney on the left.

(12) Take this street and cross the bridge to reach the Tourist Office via Grande Rue (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 301 m - Car park near the Tourist Office
  2. 1 : km 0.68 - alt. 317 m - Rue des Moines Hauts
  3. 2 : km 1.83 - alt. 379 m - Les Monts Durand
  4. 3 : km 3.2 - alt. 391 m - Le Boigeot hamlet
  5. 4 : km 4.26 - alt. 312 m - D83. Towards the bridge at - Combeauté (rivière)
  6. 5 : km 4.7 - alt. 325 m - Fork in the grassy path
  7. 6 : km 6.24 - alt. 409 m - Path on the left
  8. 7 : km 8.3 - alt. 393 m - Entrance to the Pierres de Roûge site
  9. 8 : km 8.98 - alt. 397 m - Path on the left
  10. 9 : km 10.02 - alt. 357 m - Near the D57D at La Ramouse
  11. 10 : km 10.2 - alt. 356 m - Path on the right
  12. 11 : km 11.05 - alt. 335 m - D57D
  13. 12 : km 11.33 - alt. 317 m - Rue Querney
  14. S/E : km 11.84 - alt. 301 m - Car park near the Tourist Office

Reviews and comments

4.2 / 5
Based on 10 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.4 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.3 / 5
Route interest
4 / 5
mondemeilleur88
mondemeilleur88

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 18, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A beautiful hike with many facets and landscapes in this charming little town. We are treated to a spectacular view of thousands of cherry trees. At the end of the route, there is some forestry work going on, so caution is advised. We alternate between small roads, forest paths and fields.

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Wafa
Wafa

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 20, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Pleasant trail. The signposting is sometimes inadequate and can therefore be misleading. I particularly recommend it in sunny weather!

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loir25
loir25

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 16, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant, undulating hike, although there are some muddy sections during this rainy season.
The small wooden bridge crossing a stream between points 6 and 7 is three-quarters destroyed, making it a tricky passage.
Duration of the walk: 3½ hours.

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archeveque
archeveque

Overall rating : 3 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 30, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Very busy route : No

Good description, Visiorando. Above all, do not rely on the markings between the arrows and circles, as it is difficult to find your way.
Note that between Mont Durand and Blazey, the paths are blocked by wire fencing and the wooden bridge over the stream after Leuvrey is completely destroyed (you have to walk through the water).

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randonanard
randonanard

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 09, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

A lovely route at the moment to admire the cherry blossoms, but otherwise muddy and slippery paths due to recent heavy rain.

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Dadou 77
Dadou 77

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 30, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Lovely walk

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Normann74
Normann74

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 01, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Certainly much more interesting with the cherry blossoms in spring.

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brigitte.949
brigitte.949

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 04, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

The initial 11.84 km route can be shortened before Pierres Rouges
at the Calvary of the Refractories
instead of continuing to the Pierres Rouges, take the path on the left along the meadow; this leads to La Ramouse
reduced to 10 km

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emct
emct

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 23, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

beautiful route with cherry blossoms

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béaetgilles
béaetgilles

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 19, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Very nice walk!
It's a shame that some of the cherry trees have already blossomed and others have been damaged by frost.
Follow the blue arrows or blue circles depending on where you are on the route.

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