Long-distance hiking · France / CV-DEODATIE-NORD
Déodatie — boucle Nord
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A week of rocky viewpoints, lakes and abbeys
Explore the wooded Déodatie hills through their high points and valleys. Pierre d’Appel, Pierre-Percée, Lake Maix and the Rabodeau valley abbeys are the main landscape and cultural references.
A loop from Saint-Dié
The seven-stage suggestion passes through Saint-Michel-sur-Meurthe, Raon-l’Étape, Pierre-Percée, Allarmont, Senones and Ban-de-Sapt before returning to Saint-Dié-des-Vosges. These towns help organise daily sections and overnight bookings.
Understand the accommodation alternatives
The published stages around Senones deliberately leave the main GRP to avoid an overnight stop in Moussey, where the website reports limited accommodation. Check these links against your lodging instead of assuming they match the main track.
Lakes and rock formations as landmarks
Lake Pierre-Percée and Lake Maix alternate with forest sections and viewpoints. Treat them as places to discover; their presence does not establish the availability of drinking water or resupply services.
Arrange a car-free start
The local planning guide suggests Saint-Dié-des-Vosges railway station as an access point and lists local transport options. Check services for your travel dates and any connections needed to join or leave an intermediate stage.
Prepare each walking day
The local guide describes paths that can be stony or crossed by roots and recommends booking accommodation and meals. Include off-route distances and confirm services before deciding how much food and water to carry.
At a glance
- Suggested start and finish
- Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
- Stage plan
- 7 suggested stages, with accommodation alternatives
- Start
- Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
- Finish
- Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Metrics calculated from the Trailboard track
Plan your hike
Book nights and meals
Confirm each overnight stop and include off-route distances. The local tourism body recommends booking both accommodation and meals.
Pays de la Déodatie — Grandes Échappées Vosgiennes · 2026-11-02 ↗Check the Senones alternative
Suggested stages 5 and 6 differ from the main track to address the reported accommodation shortage in Moussey.
Pays de la Déodatie — Grandes Échappées Vosgiennes · 2026-11-02 ↗Plan transport connections
Check services to Saint-Dié and stage towns for your travel dates, then plan the required connections.
Pays de la Déodatie — Grandes Échappées Vosgiennes · 2026-11-02 ↗Plan your hike
For overnight stops in Saint-Michel-sur-Meurthe or Senones, add the published off-route link to your walking day.
Official sources and resourcesA luggage transfer service is advertised locally: confirm dates, participating accommodation and booking arrangements.
Official sources and resources
OpenStreetMap — relation 8545739 · © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Main loop assembled from the OSM relation, excluding its separate excursion. Local accommodation alternatives and access links are not automatically included.
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