7.7km
Total Distance
377m
Elevation Gain

Trail description

A 7.7 km loop of about 380 m of climbing linking Lac Blanc and Lac Noir above Orbey in the Vosges. Lac Noir, at 935 m, lies in a glacial cirque of granite cliffs; Lac Blanc, about a kilometre away at 1,050 m, is about three times larger, and the two are separated by the Reisberg ridge (1,272 m). A pumped-storage hydroelectric scheme joined the two lakes in 1928 to 1934.

Route Map

Along the trail

  1. 1
    Les Balcons d'Orbey
    at the start · Viewpoint
  2. 2
    Viewpoint · 0.5km
  3. 3
    Observatoire Belmont · 1.7km
    Viewpoint
  4. 4
    Viewpoint · 3.7km
  5. 5
    Source Cornélia · 6.6km
    Spring · springs can run dry
  6. 6
    Viewpoint · 7.5km
Bus stop
Orbey - Digue · 19m from the start
Parking
36m from the start
Path grade (SAC)
T2 · T3 for 1km
Surface
natural ground 65%, gravel 27%
Marked route
Tour du Lac Noir

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Difficulty

4/5 · Difficult
  • Experience with long mountain hikes