Hikes around Thann-Cernay
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The role of the Club Vosgien is to encourage and develop the pedestrian Tourisme as much as all the open-air activities and sports, protect and highlight the nature, the landscapes and the heritage.
Today, the Fédération du club Vosgien counts 123 associations, 34,000 members in 7 departments, ensures the maintenance and marking of 20,000 km of walking routes open to all hikers.
On our territory, two associations are working to guaranty quality trails: The Club Vosgien of Cernay and the one of Thann
OUR GOOD TIPS before going on a hike:
PREPARE YOUR HIKE WELL: IDENTIFY YOUR PATH ON AN IGN MAP, ASSESS THE DISTANCE, THE TIME, THE DIFFERENCE IN ALTITUDE AND THE DIFFICULTY.
Here are some advices for your hike so that it takes place in good conditions:
The equipment
- Adapted clothes to the season and to the weather conditions
- Hiking shoes adapted to the land
- Telescopic sticks (useful for the stability et to relieve the joints)
- Mobile phone and spare battery if needed
- Hiking map 1/25.000, essential
Bag content
- Provide protection from the rain (cape, umbrella), the cold (fleece, beanie, gloves, lip protection…), the sun (sunscreen, hat…)
- Trash bags
- Tissues, toilet paper
- Knife
- Survival blanket
- Supplies
- First aid kit
The most
- Compass and/or hiking GPS
- Camera or binoculars
- Headlamp or torch
- Whistle (to inform the other persons of the group)
- Yellow reflective jacket (if it is necessary to follow a road)
The supplies
- Water in sufficient quantity
- The picnic
- Dried fruits and cereal bars
- Bananas and other fruits
- Equipment: spoon, fork, cup…
AN ACCIDENT? HOW RO REACT
In group, secure the members of the group
Call the rescue team by dialing 112
Describe the symptoms and locate the incident on the map
Hiking with children
Equip the Child “like a grown-up”
Children remain under the watch of parents
Check the weather
Before you go:
https://meteofrance.com/
Be responsible
Respect:
- The nature and environment, fauna, flora, biodiversity
- The protected areas (national parks, nature reserves, etc…)
- The visited sites
- The other hikers and user of the forest
- The basic safety rules
- In group, the guide’s instructions
- The public or private properties and their goods: close the fences and gates after your visit
- Take your waste away
- Preserve sites and trails
- Inform about the degradations noticed on the trails
Understand the marking :
Marker signs
It’s a way of information that helps orientate oneself in an unknown environment, thanks to a map faithfully reproducing the routes marked out on the ground. The system is based on the use of geometric signs, of 4 colours.
Beware!
A same section of the trail often carries several different signs corresponding to different final destinations, but these routes split up during the hike. Be careful and locate well on the map at which intersection this separation is located, in order to find it on the ground.
