Walk around Marspich, located near the steelworks

Date of your route : Dec 20, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

A rather uninteresting walk. The route is poorly marked, leaving you in the middle of nowhere.
The Virgin of Hayange isn’t marked on the route, even though you only need to veer off for a hundred metres or so to go and admire it

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Date of your route : Jun 01, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

This route takes you through forests that lie between densely populated areas; as a result, there are plenty of paths through the woods and it’s not always easy to know which one to take. In my opinion, the route description isn’t detailed enough. It was written by someone who knows the area well but struggles to put themselves in the shoes of a stranger.

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Date of your route : Jan 17, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A nice little walk.
However, as another hiker pointed out, there is an error in the GPX track between points 9 and 10.
“There isn’t a straight path as indicated; you need to turn left and, 500 metres further on, you’ll be back on the track.”

Remember to take your phone with the app so you can find the right path more easily.

The 4 hours 25 minutes listed on the website is also completely wrong.
It took me 3 hours, bearing in mind that I was slowed down by the snow, which made the climbs much more difficult than expected. (average speed 5 km/h)

As for the elevation gain: it is 395m. The elevation loss is 390m.

• These measurements come from my Garmin Forerunner 245 watch.

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OK, thanks. That way, the author will know where to make changes.

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Good evening,
It’s not the description but the GPX track that doesn’t match the actual terrain
As for the elevation gain, we measured it using two GPS devices

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Thanks, sweetie
The description doesn’t describe a route going straight between 9 and 10.
Otherwise, how can you confirm that the elevation gain is 386m when we state it as 286m (verified)?

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Date of your route : Jun 13, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

There is an error in the GPX track between points 9 and 10
There isn’t a straight path as indicated; you need to turn left and, 500 metres further on, you’ll be back on the track
The rest posed no problems
The elevation gain is not 286m but 386m
A lovely walk through the woods

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Thank you, Beatrice Christmann
You’re absolutely right about that; the description isn’t enough – you really must have a map of the route with you.
Did you have the map with you?

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Date of your route : Oct 17, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A very pleasant walk in the forest, but a compass is ESSENTIAL as the directions provided in the guide are not sufficient. In fact, we found ourselves at several junctions with multiple possible routes, which meant there was a significant risk of straying from the suggested route.

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Date of your route : Jul 30, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A lovely short walk, mostly through the forest.
There is an error in the route at the two-thirds mark, which tends to lead you out of the forest and into open countryside. In fact, you simply need to follow the path through the forest, even if it veers away from the route at a 90-degree angle, as it rejoins the route 500 metres further on.
I think a GPS is essential, as some descriptions don’t allow you to follow the route with certainty (a few uncertainties were cleared up by the GPS track).

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Date of your route : Apr 22, 2016
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

The descriptions are perhaps a bit too detailed at times, and tend to be somewhat misleading for hikers (Café Lorrain is actually called ‘La Lorraine’). At point 2 (Map), the instructions say to turn right, whereas the route on the map takes a 90° left turn. However, using the route track, I completed this walk, which is very good and has all the ingredients of a lovely walk! (Forest, village, sometimes steep climbs)
JeanDetrep

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It’s not your fault, Auberta, but Visorando’s software can sometimes overestimate the elevation gain.

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Hello, auberta.
The 670m was shown where 286m is now shown. The error was so obvious that I took the liberty of correcting it.

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Thank you for the correction, but I still can’t see where the 670m was marked.

Anyway... it’s in the past; just a bit more care next time
Have a good day
Alain

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The correction was made by gazok54, and it was indeed originally stated as 670m!

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