The Lac Blanc viewpoints

After a wide, tree-lined path, the view suddenly opens up onto the lake and its turquoise hues.You can admire the Rocher Hans and the rocky cliffs surrounding the lake. Continue downhill to the Lac Blanc dam, then head back up towards the Auberge du Blancrupt, where you’ll enjoy a panoramic view of the Alsace plain.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 2.45 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 1h 30 
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    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 390 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 407 ft

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    Highest point: 3,701 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 3,274 ft

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Description of the walk

Access: from the Col du Calvaire, continue to the car park at the Auberge du Blancrupt.

Blue Ring signposting

(S/E) From the car park, head towards the Auberge du Blancrupt (do not walk past it) and turn immediately right onto the grassy path running alongside a house, following the signs for “Digue du Lac Blanc” (Blue Ring markings).

(1) Join a wide, tree-lined path on the left (Blue Ring) and follow it to the lake’s embankment. Just before the first sharp bend to the left, the first views of the lake appear through the trees. Continue until you reach a fork in the path.

(2) Turn right. The gentle, easy descent continues to the Lac Blanc dam.

(3) At the lake’s dam and the car park, head down the road to the left for about a hundred metres.

(4) Turn left, past the restaurant’s terraces, and continue down the Blue Ring forest track to Le Bocheney.

(5) Turn left onto the small tarmac road which climbs and takes you back, over a distance of one kilometre, to the car park at the Auberge du Blancrupt (S/E). Along the way, there are some lovely views over the Alsace plain.

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 3,645 ft - Auberge du Blancrupt car park
  2. 1 : mi 0.07 - alt. 3,625 ft - Wide, tree-lined path
  3. 2 : mi 0.9 - alt. 3,501 ft - Junction
  4. 3 : mi 1.12 - alt. 3,471 ft - Lac Blanc (massif des Vosges)
  5. 4 : mi 1.18 - alt. 3,445 ft - Forest track
  6. 5 : mi 1.71 - alt. 3,274 ft - Bocheney
  7. S/E : mi 2.45 - alt. 3,645 ft - Auberge du Blancrupt car park

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