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Coming from Saverne, take the D132 towards Lutzelbourg and Stambach. After about 4 km, at the Stambach sign, take the forest road that branches off diagonally to the left in front of you and cross the railway line. There is a sign for the Route des Châteaux.
After the railway line, pass the water treatment plant and carry on straight ahead. After about 1.5 km, you’ll come to a small square with a little stone cottage. That’s the place!
Park next to this little stone cottage.
(S/E) Take the path heading downstream, towards the north, marked with a red saltire and a blue-white-blue Blue Rectangle. After about a hundred metres, turn eastwards and start climbing. You’ll come to a T-junction.
(1) Turn right at a right angle onto the unmarked forest track. Follow it due south. This is a well-cleared and passable forest track used for timber hauling. Stay on this ascending track until you reach the junction with the Chemin Forestier du Président.
(2) Turn right onto this path and follow the Blue Cross signposting. You’ll reach the Schaeferplatz Forest House.
(3) Follow the tarmac road which passes a clearing and a picnic area. After this area, a path starts on the right. Begin the ascent, following the red-white-red Red Rectangle markings, to reach the Rocher du Hibou.
(4) Carry on and begin a winding descent until you reach the tarmac road and a car park.
(5) Take the path running parallel to the road towards the south-west, signposted with a Red Ring and a Red Rectangle, to reach the junction of the Billebaum and Haberacker paths.
(6) Cross the road and continue along the path running parallel to the road, now signposted with a Yellow Triangle, to reach the Haberacker forest houses.
(7) Walk past them and turn right, then left at the next junction. Continue through the forest, heading due north, and follow the Blue Rectangle markings and the sign depicting arrow slits, which mark the Chemin des Châteaux-Forts. Then head uphill to Ochsenstein Castle.
(8) Continue northwards along the path marked with the Blue Rectangle and Blue Ring symbols; you’ll soon come across a rock shaped like a ship’s prow – this is the southern tip of the Schlossberg.
(9) Pass the rocky outcrop and continue due north to reach the Col du Krappenfels.
(10) Begin the climb up to the Krappenfels Rock. At the foot of the rock, the path passes to its left and leads to the summit.
(11) Follow the path northwards again, then begin a long, winding descent. You will then reach a crossroads of paths at a footbridge.
(12) Cross the footbridge, then continue left along the path marked with the Blue Rectangle to return to the Maisonnette de Pierres car park (S/E).
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