The ambition is to make you discover, through mountain biking, the beauty of a village in the heart of nature. To do this, enjoy more than 110 kilometers of marked mountain bike trails, for all levels, in the heart of the Hautes-Vosges.
CIRCUIT 6
Passing through Pillet
Departure: Tourist Information Office, Multi-Activity House
Passing through the Pillet is a large loop concentrated around the Tholy. The circuit that you are about to do is demanding with its succession of small difficulties and the almost permanent change of surface, alternating large and small paths. The first 7 km are uphill, the next 9 made of successions of bumps and the last 6 are quite easy.
Leave the Tourist Information office to join the departmental road that crosses the village and take the stop sign on the right, then go down on the left in front of the cheese shop, at the intersection turn left, you overlook the Tholy football stadium, join the roundabout and take the 3rd exit, at the height of the "Aurélie coiffure" salon, take the rue de Berlingoutte, after the green bridge turn left and drive along the Cleurie water. The loop ends when you arrive behind the restaurant "Au chant du bois"
Cross the RD 417 to reach Petit Paradis, and pass between the carpentry buildings to take, on the right, the small wooden bridge which will guide you, on the left, Danger of falling trees on the path of Petit Tholy, then take the mountain bike route 1 to go back up to the crossroads of the Trou de l'enfer. Climb up to Haut Vacon, leave circuit 1 to go straight towards Haute Goutte, you will pass next to the Domaine de Bokassa and you begin the climb to Champblay at altitude 752.
Pass the Calvary on the left and take the first right above the holiday camp, you arrive at the telecom relay: the mossy descent takes you to Les Starpes! At the bottom, at the path, turn left and start the climb back up to Renifaing via mountain bike circuit 1.
Leave the mountain bike route by turning left and head towards La Mérelle, once you reach the tarmac road, turn left and head towards
"Beau", you will go around the Pillet, on the right at the flat stones, Danger forestry work path blocked on 300M ; which will give you the possibility during the descent at the height of "Les Gouttes" to have a magnificent view of the ski slopes of Mauselaine and Hohneck, the highest point (1363m) of the Vosges department. Overlook the road of the hot Costet to cross it at the 711 mark and go along the farm below on the right, the path heads towards the Bonnefontaine pass.
At the pass opposite the organic farm, turn right then left to start the path behind the houses which runs along the ridge of the Route des Cailloux, it leads to "Le Sapenay" which you will go around on the right and when you reach altitude 723 a little further down, take the mountain bike route 1 & 2 to "Faing Creusson" then turn right, ride to altitude 726 and a path on the left will reward you for all your efforts for a fairly cool descent of the "Caluches" for 800m.
When you get back to the road, turn right and follow the street to “Founelles”, straight on to reach the Tholy football stadium, turn right and go back up to the cheese dairy and the finish is just above where you can see the church.