Coming from Remiremont via the D57, turn onto the D83 towards Girmont-Val d’Ajol for about 500 m and park on the left at the side of the road opposite the picnic area.
(S/E) Return to the D83 and cross it carefully to take the forest track opposite. After Étang Houillon, which is fully fenced off, turn left.
Pass Pranzieux Pond on your left and continue to a wide forest track.
(1) Turn right and, at the next junction, turn left towards Étang de la Mollière, where you can dip your feet in the water.
(2) Continue along this lovely track until you reach a small tarmac road near a market gardener’s. Carry on along this quiet little road. Pass through Moulin Picard (a pretty hamlet with fountains) and reach Girmont-Val-d’Ajol.
(3) After the church, at the restaurant, turn left. The road climbs and passes in front of the Auberge de Saint-Vallier.
(4) About 200 m past the inn, leave the Green Ring signposting and take a path that climbs to the left towards the Étang de l’Homme. This pond is actually more of a vast marsh.
(5) Pass the far left-hand end of the Grand Étang de Corfaing whilst staying on the path. Cross a small road and continue along the path opposite. There are a few benches along this stretch up to the next road.
(6) Follow it to the right for 100 m until you reach the letterboxes, then take the wide path on the left to the next crossroads, where a cross stands.
(7) Continue straight ahead along the well-marked path until you reach the starting point (S/E).