Le Champ du Feu from the Col de la Charbonnière

A pleasant short hike with varied landscapes that will introduce you to the Champ du Feu.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 8.69 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 15 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 259 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 259 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 1,097 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 925 m

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Description of the walk

Park in the car park at Col de la Charbonnière on the D57.

(S/E) Follow the D214 road for 250 m, passing to the right of the Auberge de la Charbonnière until you reach the start of the path that veers to the left.

(1) Continue along this path for about 100 metres and take a beautiful trail marked with a red ring or blue rectangle (GR®531) on the right to the Tour du Champ du Feu.

(2) Keep left at the roundabout for a few dozen metres, then turn left down the path towards the Refuge du Champ du Feu.

(3) Go around it on the left and stay on this beautiful unmarked grassy path that runs along the Champ du Feu meadows until you reach a fork in the path.

(4) Turn left to rejoin the stony path in the forest and continue northwards for several hundred metres, keeping to the right, until you find the path marked with red and white rectangles.

(5) Take this path on the right for a good hundred metres, and keep right to climb Champ du Feu via the blue signposted path. Follow the ski lift lines on your left until you reach their end.

(6) First turn left then right to find the Red and White Rectangle marked trail and follow it south-east to the D214 road.

(7) Cross this road with caution and continue on the Chevalet Bleu marked trail. Keep heading south-east, ignoring the cross trails, and cut across a forest road to arrive shortly afterwards at Chaume des Veaux.

(8) Leave the Blue Easel trail and continue on the Blue Triangle trail. You will soon arrive at the Auberge du Hochfeld. Go around it on the right until you reach a T-junction with a road.

(9) Go up this road, which is a little steep, on the right until you reach a crossroads.

(10) Take the shaded path on the left, following the red ring markings, and you will return to the Col de la Charbonnière car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 960 m - Parking
  2. 1 : km 0.21 - alt. 976 m - Start of the path on the left
  3. 2 : km 1.6 - alt. 1,097 m - Tour of Champ du Feu
  4. 3 : km 1.72 - alt. 1,089 m - Champ du Feu refuge
  5. 4 : km 2.56 - alt. 1,046 m - Intersection with a path
  6. 5 : km 3.47 - alt. 1,021 m - Intersection
  7. 6 : km 4.05 - alt. 1,057 m - Ski lift lines - Champ du Feu
  8. 7 : km 4.46 - alt. 1,075 m - Crossing the D214
  9. 8 : km 5.71 - alt. 982 m - Chaume des Veaux - Chaume des Veaux refuge
  10. 9 : km 6.77 - alt. 925 m - T-junction
  11. 10 : km 6.93 - alt. 956 m - Crossroads
  12. S/E : km 8.69 - alt. 960 m - Parking

Notes

Worth a visit

You can take a break at the small refuge (3) with picnic tables.
You can eat at the Auberge de la Charbonnière (S/E); or at the Mon Champ du Feu hotel restaurant, from (5) take the Route de la Serva and continue right for 100 m to the restaurant.

Always be cautious and plan ahead when you're outdoors. Visorando and the author of this route cannot be held responsible for any accidents occurring on this route.

The GR® and PR® markings are the intellectual property of the Fédération Française de Randonnée Pédestre.

Reviews and comments

4.5 / 5
Based on 10 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.6 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.3 / 5
Route interest
4.7 / 5
User 8019835

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 02, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Hike undertaken in snowy weather. The first climb to the tower from the Col de la Charbonnière requires walking poles and, of course, good waterproof footwear, as the path is snowy and icy in places.
Please note! Some descriptions no longer apply when the paths are snow-covered (take the stony path) and especially when the latter appears to be closed in winter: cross-country ski trail.

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BrigitteST
BrigitteST
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Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 29, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Route completed during the All Saints' Day holidays in damp but rain-free weather. However, the previous days had seen heavy rainfall, all of which explains why the paths/trails were often very wet. From point 1 to point 4, the uphill path from the Col de la Charbonnière was crossed by a stream that sometimes took up the entire width, making waterproof shoes and walking sticks to test the ground very useful. The same was true for the rest of the route, with many sections of almost marshy ground that were passable but required good footwear. The landscapes are very varied (given the different altitudes and the route around the Champ du Feu), with a few nice little climbs, but none of them present any great difficulties.

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User 17875450

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 18, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant, well-shaded hike during hot weather..

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Marion VR
Marion VR ★

Thank you for all your feedback

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Subiger
Subiger
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Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 06, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Thank you, wonderful walk/hike, under a clear blue sky and in the snow. There were just a lot of people on the ridges of the Champs du Feu. Otherwise, no one else.

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DiabolicJones
DiabolicJones

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 25, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Please note that there is forestry work being carried out along the route, which has forced us to make a few adjustments to the route. Some of these are very poorly signposted and you may find yourself in the work zone without realising it. Fortunately, on this particular day, there were no workers on the various sites.

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Rayon de Soleil
Rayon de Soleil

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 21, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Easy to access. Just follow the red circle - circular loop.
You can start from the Myrtilles car park

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foli
foli

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : May 01, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Pleasant, easy circuit with a nice little climb along the route

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ottrott
ottrott

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : May 06, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

a parish-specific to Brittany hike with stunning views. I highly recommend it.

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Caillou
Caillou

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 20, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

We did this hike in the morning to avoid the crowds during the day.
A beautiful, easy trail through the forest with stunning views from the Champ du Feu.
We will happily do it again in the autumn.

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lolo46
lolo46

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 14, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Easy circuit alternating between shaded and sunny sections. A few rare sections are a little steep!
Overall, a pleasant hike

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