Departure: Place de l'Eglise
Difference in altitude: + 1000 m, - 1000
Time: 9 hours
Score: 5
From the square, take rue Janson, then turn left to cross the Meuse.
Turn right and walk up the right bank of the river to the fence of the nuclear power station.
Walk along it and pass under the bridge, then continue until you reach a small valley to the left.
Leave a track on the right.
The path then turns to the left.
At a small pass, go up a steep slope on the right and join a good path to follow on the left.
Find the forest road to follow on the left, up to a wooden barrier on the left.
Go down the path to the bottom of the hill.
Find the road and go up through the woods in the valley, at the last bend, before the banks of the Meuse.
Go straight up, crossing the forest road once.
At the second intersection, take the path opposite, which leads to pastures.
Turn right twice and walk up a sunken track to an intersection.
Go down to the left, a good path that winds through undergrowth and leave another path on the left.
You reach an area where several paths cross.
Go down to the left of the stream, to the Houille, which you follow on the left to a small valley to climb up (aqueduct).
At a crossroads, turn left and climb a little further up a hunting trail that leads to a flat area.
When you reach a reforestation sign, go down a path on the left which leads back to the banks of the Houille.
Follow the river to the right until you reach the next valley.
Cross the stream and walk up the valley on a good path.
After a short kilometre, take the path that goes down to the right, cross the stream again, then go up to the left, a path that will lead you to a large beech tree. Go right into the wood and pass a cross.
Walk for a kilometre, then go down to the right, a good path, to the hunting hut.
Go down to the left to join another track.
Go up on the left, passing the stream.
Leave 2 paths, then follow a hunting line on the right, then another on the left.
At the bottom, go down to the right and find the bottom of the valley on the left, then go up, opposite, the rightmost path (red line).
Pass a ditch, cross another path, and walk along the row of oak trees to reach another path.
Continue to the right (the path turns into a hairpin bend) and go downhill to find the meadows.
Cross them, then go through a gate (the leftmost one) and follow a path on a balcony that leads to a wetland.
Do not descend, but climb a path opposite which climbs quite steeply to the vicinity of a reservoir.
Follow the red lines and the path that eventually leads down to a viewpoint (bench).
Go down to the right of the bench (looking towards the village) and climb up to pass a fence.
Follow the path to a small ridge.
Turn left and continue on the same path which slopes down to a good path.
Turn right and find the banks of the Meuse which will take you back to CHOOZ.