Start at the Col de la Schlucht car park...
A very athletic outing. Good equipment and good physical condition are recommended!
Calculated time: 5h45[?] 
Distance : 13.93km
Vertical gain : 730m
Vertical drop : 723m
Highest point : 1300m
Lowest point : 782m 
Difficulty : Difficult
Back to starting point : Yes
Walking
Area : Vosges mountains 
Location : Le Valtin
(88230)
Starting point : N 48.063855° / E 7.022579° Starting at the Col de la Schlucht car park and head down to “le Collet" (1).
Cross the road and go up towards "Balveurche" (2) and the "Malakoff" pass (3).
Head back down to the “Roche du Diable" (view point at (4)) and down to "Retournemer" Lake (5).
Then head up to the "Faignes" pass 6(, continue to the "Thiaville" pass)7::.
Reach “Le Hohneck" (8) and on the ridges via the GR5 (9) (and not by Sentier des Roches) reach Col de la Schlucht.
Waypoints :
D/A : km 0 - alt. km 0 - Col de la Schlucht
1 : km 1.87 - alt. km 1.87 - Le Collet
2 : km 3.45 - alt. km 3.45 - Balveurche
3 : km 4.88 - alt. km 4.88 - Col de Malakoff
4 : km 5.69 - alt. km 5.69 - Roche du Diable
5 : km 6.55 - alt. km 6.55 - Retournemer Lake - Lac de Retournemer
6 : km 8.24 - alt. km 8.24 - Col des Faignes
7 : km 10.32 - alt. km 10.32 - Col de Thiaville
8 : km 11.17 - alt. km 11.17 - Haut de Falimont (1306m)
9 : km 12.56 - alt. km 12.56 - Sentier des Crêtes
D/A : km 13.93 - alt. km 13.93 - Col de la Schlucht
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