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Start at the Col des Raids, located on the RD49 between Saint-Dié-des-Vosges and Saint-Jean-d'Ormont. Parking is available along a perpendicular road opposite the pass.
Green rectangle markings
(S) With your back to the car park, follow the RD to the left (south-west), above the hamlet of Raids de Robache.
After a few metres, take a dirt track on the right towards Camp Celtique. Continue to the right at the inverted Y-junction.
(1) At the crossroads, turn left onto the Crénée forest road (towards Roche des Corbeaux). When you reach the Col du Bon Dieu, continue a few metres to the left.
Red Cross signpost
(2) Leave the forest road and follow the Sentier de Ritempierre downhill to the left (at the start, the trail runs parallel to a ravined path, then joins this path further down). Arrive at the Ritempierre crossroads.
(3) Go up to the right towards the Frase crossroads. Further on, make a detour to pass the Fontaine des Grenouilles. Shortly afterwards, turn right towards La Frase.
Yellow cross signposting
(4) At Le Haut de la Frasse, turn right uphill towards Col de la Crénée.
Green rectangle signpost
(5) At the Col de la Crénée, look for the information boards about the Celtic Camp on the shelter. With your back to the shelter, climb up to the left and follow the ridge path towards the Celtic Camp.
(6) After a fairly steep climb, take a path on the left that heads back down, then winds up to the ridge. Follow the ridge path to reach the Celtic Camp.
(7) See the information panel at the entrance to the Celtic Camp. Visit the site by following the suggested circular route with various numbered information panels. At the end of the rocky outcrop, you will see an orientation table with a beautiful view of the Meurthe valley. Return to the information panel
(7) Go down to the right along a forest path. After a sharp bend, continue downhill, then turn right. Further down, look for the green rectangular signpost for La Pêcherie.
(8) On the descent, at a three-way junction, follow the middle path opposite. When you reach a road, turn right towards Hurbache and follow a forest path that climbs steadily. Continue in the same direction until you reach the Chatel crossroads.
Yellow ring signpost
(9) Turn left and then right to follow the Circuit des Cheneaux.
(10) After a few metres, turn right onto a slight incline and continue to a crossroads.
(11) Keep left to stay on the Circuit des Cheneaux (do not return to the Col de la Crénée).
Yellow triangle signpost
(12) When you reach a crossroads, turn right towards Col du Bon Dieu, then further on to the left towards Les Raids de Robache. At another crossroads, ignore the sign for Col du Bon Dieu on the right and continue straight ahead towards Les Raids de Robache. You will arrive at an intersection you already passed on the way there.
(1) Continue straight ahead on the same path as before. Shortly afterwards, turn left towards Col des Raids via Rain de Lassaux. Pass Fort Saint-Jean, a former bunker from the First World War. You will return to Col des Raids and the car park (S/E).
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