Long-distance hiking · France / CV-PIERRE-PERCEE
Tour du lac de Pierre-Percée
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A lake circuit for a full day
The idea is straightforward: walk around the water and return to the dam. Yet an indented shoreline is very different from a straight line on a map. Allow a full day and use the track’s landmarks to judge progress without expecting a constant pace.
Use the dam as your reference
The published start is the Vieux Pré dam car park. Keep it as both start and finish in your plan, so the loop returns to the same place without adding an approach from another parking area.
Follow the current route at La Galisière
The Club Vosgien documented a route change near La Galisière in 2021, validated by the local PDIPR service. Follow the present waymarks rather than an older alignment through private development.
Plan your stops
The route continues around the lake, but a viewpoint or a waterside stop is not a supply point. Mark your breaks without assuming that every bay has a shop or drinking water.
At a glance
- Start
- Barrage de Vieux Pré, Pierre-Percée
- Finish
- Barrage de Vieux Pré, Pierre-Percée
Plan your hike
Allow a full day
Use the published 8 hours as a planning reference, then add your stops and travel to the start.
Club Vosgien de Badonviller · 2026-11-02 ↗Save the correct car park
Keep the Vieux Pré dam as your start. A different lake access can change the day’s distance.
Club Vosgien de Badonviller · 2026-11-02 ↗Check local route changes
At La Galisière, use the current trail signs rather than an alignment remembered from an old map.
Club Vosgien de Badonviller — modification du parcours · 2026-11-02 ↗Plan your hike
The selected GPX closes at the dam. No additional road journey back is included in its distance.
Official sources and resourcesCarry water for the day and check refill options before setting out.
Official sources and resources
OpenStreetMap — relation 17620435 · © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
OSM loop around the lake, exported through magOSM; collaborative geometry separate from the Club’s leaflet.
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