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Crossing the Vosges Massif on foot - Wissembourg / Belfort - GR53 - GR5
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Hiking on the Route des Crêtes in the VosgesPhoto: D. Lett, Massif des Vosges
Gain altitude and cross the Northern Vosges Massif from North to South on this excellent route, from Wissembourg to Belfort through its most beautiful landscapes!
Combining the GR®53 and the GR®5, French section of the European E2 trail (North Sea - Mediterranean), this 430km trail labeled Leading Quality Trails - Best of Europe offers 19 stages to complete entirely or in sections, enjoying the intermediate stages.
All stages are connected to public transportation, either by train or bus. Route marked by the Club Vosgien and the French Hiking Federation.
Walk the Path of Europe, European E2 trail from the Netherlands to the Mediterranean and discover the Vosges Massif on foot.
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Author’s recommendation
A reference route, the Crossing of the Vosges Massif offers a complete discovery of the Vosges mountains. Featuring small shelters between Wissembourg and Saverne, the ütes (similar to huts) will let you see the magnificent landscapes of the Northern Vosges from a different perspective!
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
Track types
Safety information
Before you leave
- Check the general and local weather, ensuring no precipitation
- Get information about the approach walk, elevation of the route, travel time, possible escape (IGN map, GPS, guidebook, etc.)
- Assess possible risks by consulting mountain professionals, shelters, lodgings
- Inform a close person of your objective and contact them in case of change: departure and return times, number of participants with each phone number, vehicle(s), parking
- Avoid going alone, use equipment suitable for the activity, adjusted and in good condition, headlamp, complete first aid kit, survival blanket, etc.
In case of emergency
Alert: call 112 (European emergency number)
5 key points to provide your alert:
- Where? commune, place, route, altitude
- Who? identity, phone number
- What? accident type, number of victims, severity, fall dynamics
- When? time of accident
- Weather? wind, visibility
Tips and suggestions
Roadbook
19 stages from Wissembourg to Belfort
Eglise mixte St Georges
Aire de pique-nique - Hannesacker
Château du Loewenstein
Château du Hohenbourg
Château du Froensbourg
Château de Froensbourg
Château du Petit Arnsbourg
Château du Vieux Windstein
Massif du Grand Wintersberg
Gare SNCF de Niederbronn les Bains
LE CHÂTEAU DU GRAND ARNSBOURG
Château de Lichtenberg
Aire de pique-nique - rue de Reipertswiller
Aire de pique-nique - D181
Restaurant A l'Aigle
Maison Suisse
Wimmenau
Halte gourde - La Petite Maison
Office de tourisme intercommunal Hanau-La Petite Pierre
Château de La Petite Pierre - Maison du Parc
Aire de pique-nique - Jardin des poètes
Aire de pique-nique - Imsthal
Aire de pique-nique - terrain de foot
Aire de pique-nique
Restaurant Au Vieux Moulin
Maisons des rochers
Graufthal
Gare SNCF de Saverne
Office de Tourisme du Pays de Saverne
Château des Rohan
Aire de pique-nique du Parc du Château d'Eau
Château du Haut-Barr
Tour de l'ancien Télégraphe Chappe
Château de Grand Geroldseck
Château de Petit Geroldseck
Table des Sorcières
Tour du Brotsch
Rocher du Brotsch
ROCHER DE DABO
OFFICE DE TOURISME DE DABO
Wangenbourg-Engenthal
Château de Wangenbourg
Cascade du Nideck
Restaurant Lotel
Collégiale Saint-Florent
Gare SNCF d'Urmatt
La porte de Pierre
Le Rocher de Mutzig
Le Donon, montagne sacrée
Mémorial de l'Alsace-Moselle
Office de Tourisme de la Vallée de la Bruche
Centre européen du résistant déporté - Site de l'ancien camp de concentration de Natzweiler-Struthof
Le Champ du Feu
Mont Sainte-Odile
Château du Landsberg
'Office de Tourisme du Pays de Barr
Gare SNCF de Barr
Les Ateliers de la Seigneurie
Château du Bernstein
Château du Ramstein
Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg
Cimetière militaire français Duchesne
Office de Tourisme - Bureau du Lac Blanc
Le Lac Blanc
Lac du Forlet
Lac Vert
Le Col de la Schlucht
Point d'information touristique au Col de la Schlucht
LE HOHNECK
Lac du Schiessrothried
Lac du Fischboedle
La Route des Crêtes
Le Grand Ballon
Gare SNCF de Thann
Le Ballon d'Alsace
FORT DORSNER
LE LION DE BARTHOLDI
TER SNCF - Belfort
Tour panoramique du Grand Wintersberg
Maison de l'histoire et des traditions de la Haute-Moder
Rocher de la Liese
Château de Hohenbourg
Relais et châteaux hôtel l'Arnsbourg
Château du Wittschloessel
Hôtel du Parc - Restaurant l'Alexain
Chambre d'hôtes L'Auberge de la Taverne
Abri de l'Ungerthal
Hymenoptera, le jardin écologique
Baignade du Fleckenstein
Château de la Wasenbourg
Château de Lichtenberg
Piscine de plein air
Niederbronn-Les-Bains
Château fort de Fleckenstein
Abbatiale Sts Pierre et Paul
Château de Wasigenstein
Windstein
Reipertswiller
Hôtel-Restaurant La Couronne by K
Aire de pique-nique
Abri face au Froensbourg
Abri du Hichtenbach
Meublé de tourisme Les cèpes
Office de Tourisme de l'Alsace Verte - Bureau d'information de Niederbronn-les-Bains
Gîte de groupe
Aire de pique-nique
Château du Vieux-Windstein
Meublé de tourisme Claude Arnold
Aire de pique-nique - Place du Menhir
Aire de pique-nique de la source Celtic
Source de la Liese
Boulangerie, pâtisserie, glacerie, traiteur Lorentz
Aire de pique-nique - Château
Halte gourde - Château de Lichtenberg
Halte gourde - Gîte communal de Lichtenberg
Halte gourde - La Couronne by K
Toilettes publiques rue du Chapitre Wissembourg
Halte gourde - Office de Tourisme de l'Alsace Verte
Halte gourde - Alsace Village
Halte gourde - Office de Tourisme de l'Alsace Verte
Halte gourde - Ferme Gimbelhof
Halte gourde - Refuge Club Vosgien Wissembourg
Toilettes publiques Obersteinbach
La Petite Pierre
Maison des Païens et Jardin des Païens
Aire de jeux
Meublé de tourisme Le Chalet de Lyne
Spa Hôtel Au Lion d'Or
Halte gourde - Hôtel Restaurant Aux Trois Roses
Halte gourde - Centre de vacances Théodore Monod
Aire de pique-nique au parc de jeux
Halte gourde - Maison Terre et Plume
Halte gourde - Maison de retraite Kirchberg
Halte gourde - Maison des Sports et Loisirs de Nature
Tour de l'ancien télégraphe Chappe - Fermée jusqu'à nouvel ordre
Hôtel-restaurant L'Auberge d'Imsthal
Hôtel Restaurant Chez Jean
Hôtel-restaurant Au Vieux Moulin
Office de Tourisme & du Commerce du Pays de Saverne
Château de Petit Geroldseck
Château du Haut-Barr
Hôtel Europe
Office de Tourisme et du Commerce du Pays de Saverne
Saut du rocher Prince Charles
Halte gourde - Mairie d'Eschbourg
Halte Gourde - Office de Tourisme & du Commerce du Pays de Saverne
Maison Forestière Du Nideck
Refuge du Grand Tétras
Office de Tourisme Intercommunal du Pays de Phalsbourg - Site de Dabo
Refuge du Schneeberg
Oberhaslach
Ruines des Châteaux du Nideck
Gîte d'étape du Luttenbach - Club Vosgien du Nideck
Commune de Dabo
Rocher de Dabo
Auberge La cascade du Nideck
Hôtel de charme Les jardins du Nideck
Rutschefelsen
Aire de pique-nique du col de la Schleif
Restaurant le Zollstock
Meublé de tourisme La Belle Vue
Meublé de Tourisme Casa Mypi : La clairière
Public transport
Public-transport-friendly
From the Wissembourg and Belfort SNCF train stations.
Crêtes shuttle in July-August and every weekend from September to October 1 inclusive.
Between Lac Blanc and Grand Ballon (summit shuttle) and departing from Colmar, Munster, Thann, Mulhouse, Epinal, Saint-Dié and Remiremont.
Directions
Numerous access points to SNCF stations: Wissembourg, Niederbronn-les-Bains, Saverne, Urmatt, Schirmeck, Barr, Thann and Evette-Salbert and Belfort!
Parking
Parking available at every stage
Coordinates
Book recommendation by the author
Author’s map recommendations
All IGN maps are available on the Club Vosgien website
Book recommendations for this region:
Equipment
- Clothing suitable for the season and conditions (cold, hot, humid…)
- Hiking shoes adapted to the terrain (even for children!)
- Hiking poles (useful for stability and to relieve joints)
- Mobile phone and spare battery
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
Weather at the starting point
Statistics
Starting point of the Crossing of the Vosges Mountains, a route certified Leading Quality Trails - Best of Europe, the fortified town of ...
2nd stage of the Crossing of the Vosges Mountains, a route certified Leading Quality Trails - Best of Europe. Starting from Obersteinbach, a ...
3rd stage of the Crossing of the Vosges Massif, a route certified Leading Quality Trails - Best of Europe. After a relaxing evening in Niederbronn ...
4th stage of the Crossing of the Vosges Massif, a route certified Leading Quality Trails - Best of Europe. From the village of Lichtenberg to La ...
5th stage of the Crossing of the Vosges Massif, route certified Leading Quality Trails - Best of Europe. The exceptional Houses in the Rocks of ...
6th stage of the Crossing of the Vosges Massif, a route certified Leading Quality Trails - Best of Europe.
7th stage of the Crossing of the Vosges Massif, a route certified Leading Quality Trails - Best of Europe.
8th stage of the Crossing of the Vosges Massif, a route certified Leading Quality Trails - Best of Europe. Starting from Urmatt, the path enters ...
9th stage of the Crossing of the Vosges Massif, certified Leading Quality Trails - Best of Europe route. This part of the itinerary, the Memory ...
10th stage of the Crossing of the Vosges Massif, a route certified Leading Quality Trails - Best of Europe which links the center of the high ...
11th stage of the Traversée du Massif des Vosges, a route certified Leading Quality Trails - Best of Europe. This stage crosses vineyards in the ...
When history and nature come together ...
Ribeauvillé offers the opportunity to rest and relax within its spa and casino.
Starting from the village of Le Bonhomme, the path winds up to the ridges. At Tanet, hikers are offered a 360° view. The stage ends at the ...
The path alternates between ridges and passages through the valley. It notably passes the Hohneck, then runs along the Schiessrothried Lake before ...
Throughout this stage, the path stays mainly on the ridges. It first leads to the Grand-Ballon, the highest summit of the Vosges Massif, reaching ...
Starting from Thann, the path calmly leads to the summits through passes, forest, and plateaus
This stage allows the hiker to cross a regional border, crossing from the Grand-Est region to the Bourgogne-Franche Comté region.
This last stage of the Crossing of the Vosges follows the Malsaucy lake, a protected natural setting, and its leisure center. The lake is home to ...
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