Le Drumont from the See peat bog

Park on Chemin du See opposite the sign for the peat bog discovery trail.

(S/E) With your back to the car park, head towards the stream and its bridge.

Discovery trail signposting

Immediately after the bridge, follow the trail on the right that runs alongside the peat bog. Be careful, as some sections are muddy and the grass is tall. When you reach the picnic area, cross it and rejoin the discovery trail at the other end. The trail runs alongside the road before crossing the peat bog on the right and arriving at Oelberg.

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(1) Go up the street on the left. Keep going straight until you reach a bend.

Markings Red disc

(2) Take the path climbing up to the right. After crossing the old railway line via a bridge, turn left onto a steep path. Cross two tracks, one of which is overgrown. At the second one, continue straight ahead until you reach another track.

(3) Climb up ahead. Cut across the next track to reach a fork.

(4) Keep left, then turn right towards Drumont. Repeat at the track higher up. Make a hairpin turn, then keep left until you reach a shelter.

Blue triangle markings

(5) Head right towards the other side of the ridge. Climb quickly up the left in a deforested section and arrive at a junction.

(6) Continue climbing opposite. Then keep heading straight up the path opposite until you reach the thatched roof.

(7) Tackle the slope on the right. Take your time during this particularly steep section. The IGN maps are incorrect at this point. After a short open section with views of the other Seebach valley, the path enters the forest, quickly exits and arrives at a junction.

Blue rectangle signpost

Head right towards Drumont and its panoramic views.

(8) Descend opposite. Stay on the ridge when you reach the intersection. Continue to the foot of the climb to the Tête de Fellering.

(9) Go straight ahead, pass the Hasenkopf and its viewpoint and continue along the ridge to the Tête de Fellering.

(10) Continue along the path, which descends steeply at times, to join a track.

(11) Turn left, then right at the next junction. After a steep descent, you will come to a Y-junction on the Chemin des Alliés.

Yellow triangle signpost

(12) Follow this track to the right, sometimes uphill, sometimes downhill, until you reach the next shelter.

Blue cross signpost

(13) Turn left three times to cross a meadow. Go through a fence to reach a viewpoint over the Thur valley.

(14) Turn completely left, pass another fence and reach a fork.

Yellow disc signpost

Descend to the right towards the waterfalls and the Saint-Nicolas Chapel. After a steep descent on a narrow, slippery path, turn left, then right and reach the bottom of the valley.

Blue disc signpost

(15) Descend to the right and leave a path.

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Turn left towards a stream, then at the picnic area, turn left towards the chapel.

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(16) Head towards the road and follow the path on the right that runs alongside it. This path descends into the river. Leave the small path on the left to reach the first waterfalls. Continue left to reach a larger waterfall.

(17) Go down the path, then keep left to cross the stream.

Blue disc signpost

Turn right at the edge of the woods towards Kruth. On the small road, cross the stream.

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Stay on the road and turn right at the Y-junction to reach the foot of Baerenberg.

Red ring signpost

(18) Follow the track on the right. Then climb left onto a narrow path that quickly reaches the summit of Baerenberg.

(19) Continue on the path that descends towards a road.

Red disc signpost

Turn right, then left towards the level crossing and cross the railway line.

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Continue straight ahead towards the train stop.

(20) Keep going until you reach the restaurant at the end of the street. Turn left, then right onto the departmental road. Take the first left, Rue Maerel, and continue until you reach the dead end.

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Climb this road, then take the path that climbs steeply to the right towards the viewpoint.

(21) Climb the hill, then go straight ahead to reach a shelter. Tackle the last hill, then turn right towards the Croix du Moerelberg.

(22) Pass this, then cross the intersection again and turn right onto the Chemin de Croix until it ends at Grand Rue.

(23) First turn left then right to rejoin the Chemin du Schliffels and cross the Thur. Pass two forks to reach a third in the heart of the neighbourhood.

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(24) Go down to the left onto Chemin du Rammersbach. Pass under the old railway bridge to reach the fork with Rue du See.

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(25) Turn right three times to cross the hamlet of Seehaeuser and reach a bend. Go straight ahead towards the peat bog to reach the start of the discovery trail.

(26) Turn left twice on this trail. Follow it to the bridge. Turn left to return to the car park (S/E).

You can get there by train from Mulhouse. The hike starts at Oderen station (20).

Some sections can be very muddy along the peat bog and the grass is sometimes tall.

Shelter/tables at (5), Langenbach (13), St-Nicolas Chapel (16) and benches at Baerenberg (19), (21) and Maerelberg (22).

- See peat bog between (S/E) and (1) then between (26) and (S/E). Numerous signs provide tourist and cultural information about the peat bog.

- Viewpoints: at Drumont (8), Hasenkopf (14), Baerenberg (19) and Maerelberg (22).

- Saint-Nicolas Chapel (16) and the chapel at the foot of Maerelberg (23).

- Saint-Nicolas waterfalls between (16) and (17).