CIRCUIT LES WOODIES XT N°9

Thanks to the French Federation of Hiking and to Xertigny en transition for the realization of this hike and the work done by its teams throughout the year to mark out and maintain these paths. Markings: yellow rectangle n°9 Panoramic circuit of 8km in a typical landscape of the Vôge, between pastures, fields and forests, crossing hamlets made up of old farms, from the Aître Valley to the crests of Moyenpal. This path runs a loop at the start and finish of Les Woodies (parking rue de la Vallée de l'Aître). It can be walked in both directions from the junction 29 rue Georges Colnot following the numbered markers 09. The site of Les Woodies is made up of a group of holiday gites built on the initiative of the commune of Xertigny and the Pays d'Epinal to express the possibility of using beech wood in the construction. For more information, see the site terre de hêtre Remarkable elements: Foundation stone of a farmhouse dated 1686, at the corner of the old people's home Farmhouse built in 1703 with the stones of the old abbey, the door presents traces of the Prussian occupation, see the facade, the inscriptions, further the fountain and the masonry of the catchment Farmhouse from 1712 with internal joint ownership (double dwelling) grangecommune (see cross and Lorraine cross on the carriage door), oven room independent of the farmhouse. A few metres away, see also the palis, standing stones formerly used as plot fences. Panoramic view towards the Monts Faucilles, Lamarche at 50km due west with the Mont des Fourches (503m), the Col du Poirier (433m) Vittel at 40km, the plateau of Sion-Vaudémont at 40km to the north-west.