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Gazon du Faing

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Gazon du Faing

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Gazon du Faing

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Parc naturel régional des Ballons des Vosges

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Location: Plainfaing, Sankt Didel, Great East, France

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1. Lac Blanc – Le Tanet Summit loop from Le Bonhomme

28.3km

09:51

1,140m

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2. Le Tanet Summit – View of Lac du Forlet loop from Le Valtin

19.8km

05:59

510m

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3. White Lake – View of Lac du Forlet loop from Le Valtin

17.4km

06:01

730m

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Nicolas Vergnaud

February 21, 2023

Extending over five kilometres, this nature reserve forms a magnificent plateau of high stubble. Exposed to the winds between 1,200 and 1,300 meters above sea level, these moors do not allow vegetation to develop and create a landscape of typical Vosges shrubs. On its eastern slope, a ditch forms, offering magnificent views overlooking the four lakes.

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Veronika 2020

October 8, 2021

The Gazon du Faing (German: Rossberg) is a mountain on the main ridge of the southern Vosges, which here forms the border between the departments of Haut-Rhin (Upper Alsace) and Vosges and thus between the historic regions of Alsace and Lorraine. The mountain has a height of 1302 meters[2]. It lies west of Lac Noir (German: Schwarzer See) and east of the Route des Crêtes (Vosgeskammstraße) in the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazon_du_Faing

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April 30, 2018

The Gazon de Faing is 1,302 meters high and is one of the ten highest peaks in the Vosges. It drops steeply on the Alsace side, forming rugged rock faces and rocky outcrops. Lac Noir lies at the foot of the Gazon du Faing. A few meters north of the Gazon du Faing, the plateau is deepened by water holes in which there is permanent water, and a high moor landscape has formed.

Translated, Gazon means meadow or lawn, as practically no trees grow here at over 1,250 meters above sea level, only shrubs, herbs and meadow.

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Elevation 1,300 m

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Location: Plainfaing, Sankt Didel, Great East, France

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