Firstplan - Yellow Boundary Stone - Wasserbourg

This is a short hike with varied and accessible landscapes along trails and paths. It is pleasant in summer as there is plenty of shade. It is in the last quarter of this hike, starting from Wasserbourg, that you will feel your legs the most over a few hundred metres.

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n°35427939

Creation:
23 Jun 2023

Last update:
20 Oct 2024

Last review:
30 Aug 2024

Activity: Walking
Distance: 8.28 km
Average duration: 3h 00
Difficulty: Easy
Back to start: Yes
Ascent: + 228 m
Descent: - 228 m
Highest point: 748 m
Lowest point: 511 m

Country: France
Area: Vosges mountains
District: Rouffach (68250)
Start/End: N 47.999398° / E 7.185268°
IGN map(s): Ref. 3719OT, 3719OTR
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Romanian military cemetery from the 14-18 war

Description of the walk

Departure from Col du Firstplan, where parking is available in the gravel car park.

(S/E) From the car park, cross the road heading north-east and take the^GR® 532 trail marked with a yellow rectangle, which climbs slightly. Continue easily to the Borne Jaune.

(1) Take the Chemin de la Borne Jaune trail on your left, marked with a blue diamond, which descends gradually until it reaches a road junction.

(2) Cross this road and continue along this path. Pass in front of the Santa Maria Spring and reach a crossroads.

(3) Take the second grassy path on your left, which descends. Continue until you reach a bench where you can sit and admire the view of Meierhof.

(4) Continue downhill and pass the ruins of the old Romanian cemetery from the First World War with an information panel, then arrive at Wasserbourg.

(5) Turn left onto the road and walk up about a hundred metres to find the yellow-marked trail that climbs up on your left.

(6) Take this zigzagging path, the steepest of the hike, until you reach the flat Chemin de la Cabane de Chasse.

(7) Turn left and continue along this path to return to the car park where you started. (S/E)

Waypoints

S/E : km 0 - alt. 722 m - Col du Firtsplan car park - Col du Firstplan
1 : km 1.67 - alt. 738 m - Yellow Boundary Stone
2 : km 2.9 - alt. 678 m - Intersection with the D40 road
3 : km 3.43 - alt. 659 m - Crossroads
4 : km 5.02 - alt. 534 m - Bench
5 : km 5.61 - alt. 511 m - Intersection with the road
6 : km 5.7 - alt. 520 m - Start of the yellow circular marked trail
7 : km 6.53 - alt. 680 m - Intersection with the path
S/E : km 8.28 - alt. 722 m - Col du Firtsplan car park - Col du Firstplan

Notes

There are three picnic tables at the Firtsplan Pass.
There is also a bench three-quarters of the way along the hike (4) where you can admire the landscape.

The Yellow Boundary Marker is at an altitude of 738 metres. Each of the five sides of this marker indicates a municipality by its first letter with the letters W, P, R, O, S engraved on it: Westhalten, Pfaffenheim, Rouffach, Osenbach and Soultzmatt.

Reviews and comments

4.7 / 5

Based on 7 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.6 / 5

Ease of following the route
4.9 / 5

Route interest
4.6 / 5

Lazum

30 Aug 2024 at 17:28 7200

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 30, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Very good walk this morning. I got lost for a moment and took the wrong path between point 2 and point 3 (I didn't see the Source) but I was able to turn around and only lost about 20 minutes. Shaded from start to finish, perfect with these summer temperatures. I didn't run into anyone. I completed the route in 2h20min despite making a mistake with my itinerary - I should point out that I'm used to walking and didn't take any breaks. The only difficulty was the steep zig-zag climb, which I appreciated being highlighted in the description: no surprise there.

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Uncki

06 May 2024 at 15:05 7200

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : May 06, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Very nice tour

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Nine 68

02 Oct 2023 at 10:40 7200 • Edited: 02 Oct 2023 at 10:41 7200

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 02, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

In the undergrowth for most of the hike, there are actually quite a few benches and picnic tables, with no difficulties, perhaps the last climb between points 6 and 7, but doable if you take it easy ..... (change of subscription with Papinouxe).

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Papinouxe

08 Sep 2023 at 19:13 7200

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 08, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

In the undergrowth for most of the walk, there are plenty of benches and picnic tables, with no difficulty, perhaps the last climb between points 6 and 7, but doable if you take it easy .....

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Marion VR

01 Aug 2023 at 10:25 7200 • Edited: 01 Aug 2023 at 10:25 7200

Hello, this is the most difficult part of the route. But the route does have a difference in altitude of around 220m. As the rest of the route is relatively easy in terms of ascent, most of the ascent + indicated is on this part that you found difficult.

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mercijeanpaul

31 Jul 2023 at 10:49 7200

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 28, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

I think there's been a mistake in the gradient as the end of the route is "steep" from the Wasserbourg forest house to the junction with the path to the hunting hut.
Please check. Thanks for everything, martine

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Zielinsky

17 Jul 2023 at 08:45 7200 • Edited: 17 Jul 2023 at 10:14 7200

We were intrigued by the Yellow Bollard, which is pentagonal. This morning, after a brief search, it's obvious: each of its sides indicates a commune by its first letter (Pfaffenheim, Rouffach, Osenbach, Soultzmatt, Wasserbourg), so it's a 'stone of five bans'.
On the other hand, can anyone explain what units/measures (of distance, perhaps) the numbers inscribed under these initials indicate?
Also, on the subject of BORNES, a very interesting read:
https://obermundat.org/topographie/226-l...

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Zielinsky

17 Jul 2023 at 07:41 7200 • Edited: 17 Jul 2023 at 07:59 7200

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 16, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

This Sunday, the D40 was blocked, so we followed the D43 and set off from Wasserbourg. Triple luck! A parking space near the church, temperature 25°, and the "steepest path" to start with. So much so that the rest of the route will be a gentle slope and/or descent, with the "things to see" - the bench, the views of Meierhof and Wasserbourg, the Romanian memorial - at the end.
As for the route: very beautiful forest, permanent and effective shade in case of heat, nice new picnic tables (Firstplan, Borne Jaune), no monotony - and above all silence, no Sunday motorbikes in these parts...
In short, plenty of shade, but "no shadow in the sky"!
(Doc. recommended: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimeti%C3%...)

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pasci59

10 Jul 2023 at 16:43 7200

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 05, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Very nice walk, well shaded, ideal for hot days.

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