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Start from the church car park.
(S) Walk about a hundred metres along the road towards Law/Masevaux. Cross the road and follow the yellow-white-yellow rectangular markings on the tarmac towards Sudel/Baerenkopf.
(1) A little further on, the path, which has become a forest track, leads to Le Plainot.
(2) Pass a hiking shelter on your right and, via a steep climb, head towards the ruins of the Old Castle.
(3) Enter the site, then retrace your steps to rejoin the original path.
Walk for about a hundred metres, then turn left to follow the signs for Sainte Catherine/Sudel marked with a Yellow Rectangle.
(4) Pass the path climbing to the right (GR®532) and make a round trip to visit the Sainte Catherine chapel.
Walk for about 1 km, ignore the path leading to Baerenkopf and turn right following the same symbol. The path leads to Sudel (altitude marker).
(5) After about 1 km, at a junction, take the path marked with a blue circle on the left. After about 100 metres, turn left onto theGR®531marked with a Blue Rectangle.
This trail takes us to the Bruckenwald Farm Inn. It’s a good spot to stop for lunch. Walk past the farm and continue towards Lachtelweiher (lake)/Lochberg (FA). After about 200 metres, turn left towards Baerenkopf, following the red-white-red Red Rectangle.
(6) After 800 m, you reach the Baerenkopf, the highest point of our hike (1074 m). Begin the descent to the left, following the Red Triangle, to enter the Lamadeleine-Val-des-Anges national forest. Pass Mont Brûlé and the Haquin in succession.
(7) The path reaches the Trou du Loup. Leave the wayside shrine on your right and take the path on the left, marked with a Red Cross, towards the hamlet of St Nicolas. Cross the hamlet and, on the way out, leave the road leading to Rougemont and turn right.
(8) Follow the River Saint Nicolas, keeping an eye out for the Red Circle and Red Cross symbols.
(9) Further on, turn left onto a tarmac road, then take the road on the left back towards Saint Nicolas.
(10) After 50 m, turn right and take a steep path on your right, which leads you to a vantage point overlooking the road to Rougemont. Follow the Red Circle and Blue Circle symbols. After about 200 m, cross a stream and continue following the same markings. Finally, the end of our walk brings us to the car park of the Casino store.
From there, turn left to return to the starting car park (E).
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