__Access to the starting point: Servigny-lès-Sainte-Barbe
Park in the small car park at the village hall, near the sign detailing the walking routes.
Yellow markings and directional signs, route no. 6.
(S/E) With your back to the village, take the dirt track that winds down past the farm buildings.
(1) At the crossroads with the signpost for ‘Bois de Gras’, turn right towards ‘Servigny-lès-Sainte-Barbe via the Ruisseau de Quarante’, as indicated on the signpost.
This route also takes you to Sainte-Barbe via Gras. You will not join another circular route. However, from Sainte-Barbe you can complete a circular route by heading via Vrémy then Failly and back to Servigny-lès-Sainte-Barbe.
(2) After 400 m, turn left and cross the “Ruisseau de Quarante”, then continue to the right into the “Fontaine à Lions” valley, which runs alongside the stream for 750 m.
(3) Turn right to cross the stream again and head back up onto the plateau.
If you turn left, you can join the Metz-Métropole “Le Vallon de Quarante” route (Balades et Natures no. 12) heading towards Noisseville, a distance of 5.1 km.
(4) Turn right at the fork in the road to head back towards Servigny-lès-Sainte-Barbe.
Continue along the path until you reach the route de Nouilly, then turn right towards the village of Servigny-lès-Sainte-Barbe. Continue along this road and cross the village via the main street until you reach the car park at the village hall in Servigny-lès-Sainte-Barbe (S/E).
If you turn left, you can join the Metz-Métropole “Le Vallon de Quarante” route (Balades et Natures no. 12) towards Nouilly, a distance of 5.1 km.