RANDONNÉE - LES FONTAINES DU BAN D'AJOL

Access : From Remiremont, go to Plombières-les-Bains Parking : Park on the Promenade des Dames Distance : 3 km / Duration : 1 h 15 / Difference in height : 140m / Marking : blue ring. 1) Start in front of the town hall of Plombières by the terraced gardens. Continue on a partially tarred path, very steep and bordered by a large dry stone wall. After an isolated house, in the middle of spruce and willow trees, continue the ascent of the hill by a dirt road. 2) At the end of the ascent, at the edge of the wood, take the small forest road on the left. 3) As you approach the houses of the hamlet of Les Combes, follow a grassy path down to the left towards a fir forest. The path goes on until the Pauline fountain. 4) Backtrack to cross the stream and reach the bottom of the valley by a forest path widening gradually downstream. 5) Follow the small road towards the sawmill. The Guizot fountain appears in the ditch on the right of the road. 6) Go straight on towards the Promenades and the town hall.