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Park in the car park in front of the church and cemetery in Sewen.
(S/E) With your back to the church, turn left towards Lac d’Alfeld on the main road (D466).
Blue Rectangle signposting
Take the first road on the right, then immediately left after the stream, onto a path leading to Lake Sewen, keeping to the left.
(1) Walk along the right-hand side of the lake and pass the oratory. Then ignore a track on the left, followed by a path marked with a Blue Triangle on the right, to reach a gorge.
(2) Here, several waterfalls flow into the Seebach. Continue along the path, cross a track and arrive at a junction.
Red Saltire markings
Keep left to reach Lake Alfeld and its dam.
(3) There is a picnic table here. Follow the path to the right towards the Rundkopf. At the junction, turn left towards the waterfall (climb a ladder).
(4) Enjoy the waterfall if it is flowing. Return to the previous junction and keep left onto a steeply sloping path. At the track, continue left, cross a stream and pass in front of the Schaling Hutte.
(5) There is a viewpoint here. Continue climbing the path towards the Unterer Wasserfall.
(6) Continue left towards the Ballon d'Alsace until the next junction.
Blue Ring markings
(7) Climb to the right towards the Col de Ronde Tête, then keep left towards the pass (view of the Ballon d'Alsace) on a flat path.
Red Rectangle markings
(8) At the pass, continue left towards the summit.
Yellow Disc Markings
At the next junction, keep right towards the Ballon d'Alsace orientation table.
(9) Enjoy the view of the main peaks of the Vosges. Follow the path leading off to the right of the orientation table until you reach the county road, opposite a monument.
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Walk along the road on the left, following a marked path to the Auberge du Ballon d'Alsace.
(10) Go round it on the left until you reach theGR®5and the first bend.
Red Rectangle Markings
Head down to the right and follow the road. Then enter a wood and climb a hill, then descend it to reach La Chaumière.
(11) Head straight ahead then keep to the right along the road. Cut across a track to reach a bridge. Turn right towards La Gentiane.
(12) Cut across to take the path to the right of the ski lift. It climbs up the Plain de la Gentiane before descending: continue along the track straight ahead. It goes round the Wissgrut and its statue of the Virgin Mary. Pass the farmhouse inn to reach a crossroads.
(13) Keep going straight, keeping to the left twice to climb the Tremontkopf. Then descend into the forest. Ignore a path on the right, then keep left and follow a hairpin bend. Continue straight on until you reach the Col du Hirtzelach.
(14) Follow the path opposite the track. On level ground, it winds through the forest. Continue to the sign for “Fennematt Lochberg”.
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(15) Take a grassy path on the left that runs alongside the fence. Join the Blue Rectangle marked trail.
Blue Rectangle markings
Follow left towards Fennematt.
Red Ring markings
(16) Take the path uphill to the right up to the pass. Climb a few metres to the left up to the cross and its viewpoint.
(17) Continue, then at the junction, head slightly downhill to the right, following the switchbacks. Cross one track, then a second, on a path that is sometimes quite overgrown with grass. You’ll reach a third junction.
(18) Head down to the right, then keep to the left and continue to the next junction.
Green Ring signposting
Continue straight ahead to Graber Farm.
(19) At the farm, first turn right then left, cross the stream, then ignore three forks.
Red Ring signpost
At the fourth fork in the road, turn left and head for the pass.
Red Disc Markings
(20) Head left towards Sewen. At the track, continue straight ahead on a rather overgrown path. When you reach the houses, turn right and then right again to reach the car park (S/E).
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