Schlucht - Hohneck - Lac de La Lande- Chitelet- Small pass

Hello, You need to retrace your steps a little from the lake in the moorland and rejoin the road a little further up.

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Date of your route : Sep 07, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

We did this hike as a family.
Very busy up to Hohneck. Very quiet on the Vosges side
Good explanations up to Lac de la Lande, then it gets more complicated. Very beautiful lake.
Since the hike was posted online, a bike park has been built at La Bresse.
The paths are off-limits to hikers, which complicates the hike.
To do the hike, you have to take the prohibited path, but you need to know this.
If you follow the blue circles, you end up at La Bresse station and then... you have to go back up

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Date of your route : Aug 04, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

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Hike partially completed due to lack of time.

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Date of your route : Jan 18, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

Hello, done on Saturday under bright sunshine. However, I had anticipated a lot of ice. I didn't take out my snowshoes because the snow was very hard and too noisy for my liking. In addition, there were many sections without snow, but I used crampons. We passed by the summit of Hohneck, and it was a bit annoying to see people without equipment descending through the grass despite the signs. There were lots of people from Six Fours at Hohneck, which was to be expected, but it was like a column of ants, a bit oppressive. Once we came down from Hohneck, however, there were very few people. We had a nice lunch break at Lac de la Lande. I saw comments about the path being closed to pedestrians (mountain bike trail), but looking at the route, it's not the right path. You have to retrace your steps if you've gone down to the lake and take the forest path a little higher up. Crossing the ski slopes is a bit tricky, very slippery, and very crowded at the weekend, but it's doable. However, from point 6 to the Col de Thiaville, there is no path, so we used GPS. Finally, having done it in summer, I knew that the section from the pass to the small pass was quite technical, but there, with the ice, after 300 metres, it was like a skating rink despite the crampons, so I preferred to retrace my steps and go back up via the Sotré refuge to pick up the red disc (a good path). My nephew, who is much younger than me, wanted to persevere. He arrived at the car after me and admitted that he had been scared out of his wits, with ice all along the way, which was very difficult. The day before, on this type of trail, a couple of tourists called for help because they were stuck in the ice, so be very careful in the coming days. Please note that the Schlucht car park fills up quickly, and as we didn't want to leave too early, we started the hike from the Collet car park. A superb hike with magnificent landscapes at the top – in short, the beauty of the Vosges. Thank you.

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Date of your route : Jan 20, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful snowshoe hike with magnificent views. We extended our hike by climbing to the top of Honnek, then resumed the route.
As mentioned in the previous review, a section 2 to 3 km before the end is very difficult, as the water has frozen on the trail, forming a thick layer of ice that is very difficult and dangerous to cross without snowshoes or crampons, and this happens 3 or 4 times. Fortunately, our snowshoes were very effective.

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Date of your route : Jan 13, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

Very beautiful route, but be careful in snowy or icy conditions, as some sections (towards the end) are dangerous.

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Date of your route : Aug 26, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

The path between the Goulet ski lift and the Thiaville pass is difficult to find, so you will need a GPS or at least a compass.

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Date of your route : Aug 05, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Please note that it is a little complicated at the start of the Lac de la Lande, as the path is closed to walkers and reserved for mountain bikers.
This is a very beautiful hike with no major difficulties and some stunning views!

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Date of your route : Jan 20, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Done during a period of snow and ice, quite a few people between the Schlucht and the Hohneck, but after that it was quiet with not many people around. The route between the Col de Thiaville and the Col de Collet can quickly become challenging when there is ice.

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Date of your route : Oct 23, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

The route indicated on the map between points 2 and 3 should be corrected. The description states that it climbs up to Hohneck and then descends, but route 2-3 does not pass through Hohneck. In general, the route and description lack rigour and precision. Fortunately, we are familiar with the Vosges mountains and were able to adapt.

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Date of your route : Aug 30, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

marking and description problem

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Date of your route : Feb 13, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

We didn't do the whole route on snowshoes, it takes six hours 😄, but otherwise the views were beautiful, with the icing on the cake being the view from the HOHNECK😍.

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Date of your route : Oct 12, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Hike completed on 12 October 2022 with a group of 25 people.
There weren't many people out given the date.
The route offers beautiful views of the region. Don't forget to climb up to Hohneck, which is a must-see.
The Lac de la Lande lake looks like Canada at this time of year.
The return trip from point 7 in the forest with the autumn colours was the icing on the cake.
A hike to recommend, thank you very much.

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Date of your route : Aug 29, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

Perfect and very detailed.

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