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(S/E) From Col Amic, walk about 20 metres along the D13B6 to reach the path on the left, marked with a red triangle.
(1) Turn left onto theGR®5trail, marked with red and white rectangles, and continue through the forest in a south-westerly direction.
(2) At the edge of the forest, turn left onto a wide path and continue to the junction with the Route des Crêtes.
(3) Turn right for about 40 metres, then turn left and take the second right, marked with a red rectangle. Stay on the path that runs parallel to the D431.
(4) Cross the Hartmannswillerkopf Memorial and National Necropolis.
(5) After the National Necropolis, take the second path on the left (marked with a red ring) which will lead you to the fortified rock of Sermet. There, turn right and at the Croix Lumineuse, follow the path on the left, then take the first right to reach the viewpoint.
(6) Turn left to reach the Borne de Front, where you will turn right.
(5) Go around the National Necropolis and the Memorial on the left, then cross the D431 to take the path opposite into the forest. After 100 metres, turn right and then left at the reservoir. Continue westwards.
(7) At the edge of the forest, take the second path on the left and at elevation 1007 (small car park), continue straight ahead along a section of road.
(8) Immediately after the Molkenrain farmhouse inn, turn right to rejoin theGR®5heading north-west towards the Freudstein farmhouse inn.
(9) Turn right just before you reach the farmhouse inn and continue on theGR®5between the buildings. Cross the Route des Crêtes and pass the memorial to the Anglo-Canadian airmen whose plane crashed here during the Second World War.
(10) Continue to a small road (taken previously) that joins the Route des Crêtes on the left. Turn right onto the path marked with a red rectangle and pass the ruined Freudstein Castle (11). At the crossroads further on, go straight ahead
(12) After 70 metres on the D431, turn onto the path on your right marked with a yellow triangle and continue along this path, which crosses a wide path.
(13) Turn left onto the path marked with a blue triangle and head west.
(14) About 100 metres before you reach the Kohschlag farmhouse inn, turn left to reach Col Amic (marked with a red triangle) and return to the starting point (S/E).
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