Grauftal - La Petite Pierre

Date of your route : Mar 24, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

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Date of your route : Jun 23, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A magnificent hike with beautiful trails where birds accompanied us the entire way. The crow rock and, in particular, the pagan rock are splendid. We began with a visit to the cave dwellings, which are well worth seeing, and we also visited the Petite Pierre. The only downside was the 2 km of asphalt at the end of the trail on the way back.

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Date of your route : Jun 17, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Nice walk

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Date of your route : May 30, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

Fairly easy to follow signposts; pleasant route, often wooded despite a few sunny stretches. Very pretty and peaceful picnic area just before arriving at La Petite Pierre; several benches along the way; original troglodyte houses at Graufthal and old chapel. We passed a lot of walkers and cyclists. The route was very busy, no doubt because Friday was close to a public holiday.

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Date of your route : Nov 04, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A very nice route with a good gradient, and the directions were clear and precise. Simple but effective signposting over 15km (in fact there are only 2 signposting points to follow: red diamond and red square).

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Date of your route : Oct 07, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

We set off from La Petite Pierre to be able to eat at Graufthal, so we had to climb steeply at the end. It was a lovely walk and a wonderful discovery.

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Date of your route : Sep 10, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

We started the loop at La Petite Pierre.
Lovely walk in the forest.

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Date of your route : May 18, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Magnificent hike, can be done in very hot weather as it is mainly in the forest and therefore shaded. Few people on the hiking trail.
The paths are nice, as is the passage over the Rocher du Corbeau and under the Rocher des Païens.
There were 4 of us, and everyone was delighted and satisfied.

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

Superb hike. We were often in the forest, and it's really nice to walk on the fallen leaves and get a real eyeful! The birds were with us all the way too, so it felt good to reconnect with nature. There were very few people along the way, which was perfect.
In the middle of the walk: visit to La Petite-Pierre. We hadn't looked at the route beforehand, but if we'd planned ahead and changed our departure time, we'd have eaten in a restaurant there!
On our return to the S/E point, we visited the troglodyte houses (€3 entrance fee). It was great fun!

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Date of your route : Apr 01, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

Superb walk in the heart of the Vosges du Nord,
not too rugged, the climbs are easy with access to some very beautiful viewpoints.
We stopped off at the restaurant at La Petite Pierre, which has a large number of menus during the week at competitive prices.
Congratulations to the Club Vosgien for signposting the route.

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Date of your route : Sep 23, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

The route is very well signposted, with a visit to La Petite Pierre on the way. It's a nice little village, but we weren't able to visit the castle because there wasn't enough time.

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Date of your route : Sep 03, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A beautiful forest walk with La Petite Pierre to visit halfway along the route, with no major difficulties. Allow an hour to walk around the ramparts and visit the village (castle).
No signposting problems: follow the red rectangles on the way out and the red diamonds on the way back.
I didn't notice any problems with the signposting near the Roche du Corbeau as indicated in the previous review.
The trail on the map is not always the same as the markings: at the start (after point 1), after the Chalet Saint Hubert, the trail follows the MTB route and not the Vosges Club route, but you arrive at the same place.
But if you follow the 2 markings, it's impossible to go wrong.
The walk took 5 hours 15 minutes, with a 30-minute lunch break and a 1-hour stop at La Petite Pierre, including an ice break.

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Date of your route : Aug 21, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

The Club Vosgien signposting leaves something to be desired around the Rocher du Corbeau. The path marked with a red diamond after the Chalet Saint Hubert does not correspond to the one on the map.

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Date of your route : Jun 22, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

departure from la petite pierre
T.B. communal gite

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Chateau closed on Whit Monday (as it is every Monday) ... astonishing.

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