RANDONNÉE - LES SOURCES DU REY

Access : From Remiremont, take the road to Val-d'Ajol and after 2 km, turn left towards Girmont-Val-d'Ajol. Parking : Park on the parking lot in front of the Chalot. Distance : 13 km / Duration : 3 h 45 / Difference in altitude : 300 m / Marking : yellow disc. 1) Departure from the center of the village of Girmont-Val-d'Ajol. Take the road to the Auberge St Vallier (sawmill). Pass the inn and the next house. Go down to the right on a dirt road towards the valley. Go towards the old farm of Haies Vallées. 2) A path close to the farm goes into a small wood on the right and goes down the slope to join a road. Go down to the next hamlet of Sauceley, on the left side (sauceley: place covered with willows). Follow the path going up on the left between the houses. It leads to the Heutotte (small hut) which it bypasses on the left. 3) Take a path to the right that goes into the forest and weaves its way through the peat bogs. Be sure to follow the markings and stay on the same course. The path roughly follows the contour line. It continues on a tarred path. Go down 300m towards the hamlet of Haut du Repoix. 4) Follow the small road on the left and continue with a dirt track going up on the right behind the farm. Set course for the television relay station. Follow for a moment the road in cornice which offers a splendid view on Faymont then the Val-d'Ajol by describing a big arc of circle. 5) Cross the hamlet of Rapaumont and arrive at the foot of the TV relay. Continue on the dirt road and then on the asphalt road and you will come back following a large forest road for 2 km, almost straight. 6) A path on the left leads to the hamlet of Beuny. Leave the hamlet by the path going up on the right, cross a small tarred road. 7) Meet the marked out circuit n°20. Enter the small wood on the left and go down by the road to the village.