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Parking at the top of the Col de la Schlucht, Place du Grand Tétras.
(S/E) With your back to the Tourist Office, follow the red rectangle trail towards the south-west.
(1) Turn left to go around the Notre-Dame-des-Chaumes chapel at the top. Keep following the red rectangle markings, pass through a turnstile and cross the road which, on the left, leads to the Trois Fours farmhouse inn and the refuge chalet of the same name.
(2) Follow the blue triangle markings to the left, taking a path that enters the forest. Reach the viewpoint over Frankenthal.
(3) Continue down the winding path until you reach a fork.
(4) Descend to the right on the Sentier de la Bloy, marked with a blue rectangle, and come out onto a forest path.
(5) Leave the blue rectangle markings by crossing the forest road and take the path opposite marked with a yellow disc. Both paths lead to Frankenthal and you will take this one on the way back. You will soon reach a fork.
(6) Follow the yellow disc markings uphill to the right, cross the Ruisseau de la Fecht and arrive at a fork (turnstile).
(7) Turn left and head towards the Marcairie du Frankenthal.
(8) After a possible stop, retrace your steps.
(7) Continue straight ahead on the forest path (GR® 531 - Blue Rectangle) until you reach the junction you crossed on the way there.
(5) Take the path on the left in the opposite direction to the outward journey.
(4) Continue straight ahead, following the blue rectangle markings for the GR®531. You will reach Krappenfels, which marks the start of the Roches trail: take particular care on this section. Continue to the junction with the trail marked with a yellow cross.
(10) Continue left and return directly to the car park where you started (S/E).
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Very difficult 
