RANDONNEE PEDESTRE - LA TETE DE NAYEMONT - A6

It is advisable to put on good hiking shoes, also provide the drink in a backpack, keep your dog on a leash and respect the trails. By car At the roundabout, take the direction of Granges/Vologne by the rue de l'Hôtel de Ville, then left on the D 31, in the direction of Arrentès de Corcieux (alt 684 m) At the Arrentès de Corcieux pass, turn left towards Le Clair Sapin (3 km). Continue straight ahead on the main road until you reach the Clair Sapin holiday centre (alt 790 m) where you park On foot 1/ Take the wide dirt road towards Gérardmer (red triangle) . At 600 m, go straight on towards Lenvergoutte (red triangle). 1 km further on, leave the left path (red triangle) and go straight on for about 250 m (green roundabout) 2/ Then take the left path, direction Martimpré (green roundabout) and pass in front of the Calvary (no cross). At the meadow behind Nayemont, the path continues in the forest up to the crossroads of Lenvergoutte (850 m) 3/ Turn then frankly to the left (yellow triangle). Drive 400 m and you arrive at the crossroads of Ronchamps (alt 846 m). Leave the forest road of Derrière Nayemont on your left to take, straight ahead, the direction of Arrentès (yellow triangle) and the Tête de Nayemont (blue cross) 4/ At 170 m from the crossroads, do not miss the little path on the left that goes up to the Tête de Nayemont (blue cross) 5/ At the summit (alt 967 m), after a rather long ascent, you can enjoy a 360° panoramic view of the Vosges summits (especially the Hohneck *, recognizable by its inn) and the surrounding massifs. Looking northwards, time has carved trapezoid-shaped mountains with steep slopes and flattened summits out of the sandstone. While to the south, the erosion of granite has formed the characteristic balloon-like features of the Vosges. The Tête de Nayemont * is at the limit of the sandstone and granite Vosges Cross this rocky chaos and take the path, opposite side, marked out (blue cross) which joins the one you took on the outward journey. Go down the path to find the wide dirt track at point 4/ . Turn left (yellow triangle). This path will take you back to the starting point located 1.7 km away 6/Beautiful views of the village of Gerbépal and the basin of Saint-Dié in the distance To be seen: LE HOHNECK (1363 m) : It is the 3rd summit of the Vosges. It dominates the ridge line that separates Alsace from Lorraine. It offers a superb panorama of the Vosges mountains, the plain of Alsace, the Black Forest and the Alps on a clear day. An inn and an orientation table top the summit. LA TÊTE DE NAYEMONT (967 m) : The particularity of the Tête de Nayemont is that it is made of granite at its base and sandstone at its top. Thus, the ascent begins with a gentle slope, which becomes more pronounced as you approach the sandstone summit.