CIRCUIT DE LAJUS

From the centre of Raon l'Etape, take the direction of Celles sur Plaine. The departure is at the place called Lajus, near the Brasserie des Lacs. Follow the red ring markings on the whole route. Leaving the car park of Lajus, go up to the Roche du Pilier by crossing two forest roads then continue on the left to pass by the Roches Rondes and cross the forest road of Les Bannes. Continue towards the Schaché Rock and the Virgin of the High Port. After the statue of the Virgin, go down to the starting point by taking the path that crosses two forest roads The path is signposted in both directions To see on the route: Pillar rock (alt. 512 meters, enter the rock fault and admire a superb pillar cleared by erosion in a layer with many pebbles), round rocks, the rock of the Grande Basse, Schaché rock, the Virgin of the High Port (alt. 605 metres, situated on the ridge at the limit of the communes of Raon l'Etape and Celles sur Plaine at the former border of the Principality of Salm-Salm in the 18th century), boundary stone of the Pays de Salm, view of the Vieux-Pré dam