Sports events Lorraine

Running fans will not miss this urban trail that allows you to visit some of the city's attractions while practicing your favorite sport. 12.6 km long, this race starts at the town hall and ends at Place de la Réunion, but to get there, you'll have to suffer a little! The route offers streets, forests and paths. Brunstatt's formidable staircases are only the appetizer as we wait for the long climb into the woods that leads us to a great viewpoint that we barely have time to enjoy. Because the terrible rise of rue Ambroise-Paré and its 14% slope awaits us! Then we go down and the reward is at the end!

Visit the Epinal Golf Course for an amazing air ballet. For its 15 th edition, the passionate Team of Ventil'Haute Kite Club invites you to a weekend in the air. This kite festival is a demonstration that will delight both small and large. Hundreds of enthusiasts and amateurs come to invade the sky. A magical spectacle where flying deer of all colours and styles confront each other in a warm atmosphere.

Far, far away from the first steam locomotives and the most modern TGVs, the Velorail undeniably presents itself as an original and user-friendly way to travel the kilometres of track that are now disused. A steel machine, two or three pedal cranks, sometimes a few seats for the less daring, and off you go for a most atypical journey to conquer the historical and cultural heritage of France! Wander through the forests, cross the plains, cross bridges, tunnels and viaducts: a real journey back in time to be shared with friends or family!

Price: 17 € for a 4-person Vélorail.

Distance: 6 km or 24 km round trip, depending on the route chosen.

Opening: every day from April to September; by reservation from October to March.

Departure point: Magnières.

It is probably because it is modest that the northern domain of Xonrupt-Longemer is so pleasant. There are only two routes here that make the cross-border: " La Fontaine Ferry ", a blue track of 4 km, and" Poli ", a slightly more complex red track of 11 km. Both reserve enchanting passages in the snowy forests, as well as beautiful views over the massif and the village of Xonrupt. Sport in winter will never have been so valuable!

Tariff: from 6,20 € per adult and per day, 3 € up to 16 years.

Distance: 4 km or 11 km.

Difficulty: easy (blue) or difficult (red).

Nestled in the heart of the Lakes Valley, the Gérardmer Station is often regarded as the «pearl of the Vosges». This is already saying quite a long time… different landscapes between lake and mountains, immaculate snow and quality tracks; The place definitely has nothing to seduce lovers of nature like seasoned sportsmen. With its 30 kilometres of cross-country ski slopes marked in skating and alternating, you can make progress at your pace, while taking the time of course, to enjoy this privileged environment!

Tariff: cross-country skiing: from 6,30 € per adult and per day, 3 € up to 16 years; snowshoes: free access.

Distance: 30 kilometres in 7 cross-country ski tracks and 3 snowshoe routes.

Difficulty: very easy (green) to difficult (red).

Capital of Champagne, the city of Épernay also has a rich cultural and architectural heritage. This is what we are proposing to discover this nine-step tour around the city center. The walk starts at the foot of the City Hall and its park for a forced passage on the Avenue de Champagne. Far from the idea of visiting its countless kilometers of galleries, a detour to the Orangerie and the Perrier Castle will suffice. During the Second World War, this castle successively sheltered the English, German and then American officers! You will then go to the center to see the synagogue, the portal Saint-Martin or the House of the Moon, which will make you relive the milestones of the history of Épernay.

Tariff: free.

Duration: 40 min.

Difficulty: easy.

At the beginning of Circourt, this one hour loop will be perfectly suited to the least trained. In a shaded setting around the Woods of Revaux, you can discover the geological and botanical heritage of the Vosges foothills. Whether you're living in the region or just passing through, these 6 little kilometers deserve to be traveled. In winter, when the soil is covered with immaculate snow, put the snowshoes together and open up your eyes: nature gives you a completely different face…

Tariff: free.

Distance: 5,6 km.

Duration: 1 h.

Difficulty: very easy.

The Loop of the Moselle, it is the project of scale which, in the long term (January 2019), will offer to the walkers and to the sportsmen an itinerary of 60 kilometers to be spent along the rivers and canals of the region nancéenne. Today already, some sections are operational, following the example of this one, which connects Gondreville to Toul in 7 kilometers. The smooth coating of the track makes it possible to the sportsmen to practise various activities: jogging, simple hike, bicycle, rollerskating or skateboard. This Voie verte constitutes an interesting alternative in addition to join the two towns without the car!

Price: free.

Distance: 7 km away.

Difficulty: easy.

One day, the Moselle loop will be closed. It will then offer athletes more than 60 kilometers of playground. Hell of a program! But for the time being, some of its sections are already open to the public, allowing you to spend near your home in a nice and secure environment! Between Liverdun and Aingeray, the section N ° 1 extends over 4 kilometers of smooth enroed; Joggers, cyclists but also skateboardeurs and rollerists will find their happiness. Always follow the river and you will arrive at the destination; when you reach the end of the track, you will be able if the heart tells you to join through a route marked by the N ° 2 section, which connects Gondreville to Toul.

Tariff: free.

Distance: 4 km.

Difficulty: easy.

Walk through the water… On foot or by bike (the heterogeneous coating not allowing the rolleristes to evolve in good conditions), you will take the Vosges canal over 13 kilometres between the Épinal marina and the Abords approaches. Do not let yourself be demotivate by the first two kilometres, quickly congested: The rest of the walk promises you to be much more bucolic. Shame that the signs is not always obvious: a smart tip, be careful!

Tariff: free.

Distance: 13 km.

Difficulty: .

In the winter, the Vosges landscape is transformed into the vosgian. To take advantage of this, one solution: wear skis or snowshoes! The Skiables-Lispach ski fields, located only 8 kilometres from the municipality of Bresse, offer all lovers of nature, regardless of their sports level, the opportunity to make progress on marked and well-maintained trails. Green, blue or red, you have the choice. Only one deposit: take pleasure!

Tariff: from € 6,80 per adult per day, € 3,50 per child aged 5 to 15; free for people under 5 years of age.

Distance: 8 tracks from 2 to 16 km.

Difficulty: very easy (green) to difficult (red).

It is an activity that is both physical, playful and educational, which draws on your intuition, your sense of analysis and observation, and your faculty of repérage in space; of course we want to talk about the orientation race! At the Bresse, six courses (three dedicated to children) were designed to fill athletes looking for outdoor activities. All year round, come and challenge your friends or family in all friendliness! No doubt, even the most reluctant to exercise will be seduced!

Tariff: free.

Duration: variable.

Difficulty: pretty easy.

In hardly 3 km, here a condensed presentation of the built and landscaped heritage of Gerbéviller. In family or between friends, fit the tennis shoes, and it left! The walk starts on the level of the bridge of Chanteraine. For the historic bracket, it is at this precise place that the town owes its name "Gerbéviller Martyrdom": in reprisals with an action of resistance carried out by the soldiers of the adjudant Goat on August 24th, 1914, against a Bavarian team, the city was devastated. Your itinerary then carries out you towards the major points of interest of Gerbéviller: old laundrettes, the Saint-Pierre church, the castle or the Palatine chapel, inter alia.

Price: free.

Distance: 2.8 km away.

Duration: 1:00.

Difficulty: easy.

After section no. 1 from Liverdun to Aingeray, and section no. 2 from Gondreville to Toul, this is the third section of the Boucle de la Moselle - the ambitious project to create a circuit around the Nancy region exclusively for non-motorized walkers and sports enthusiasts. In 8 kilometers from the Villey-le-Sec dam, you'll reach the commune of Maron. The shady trail follows the river, making it a pleasant option for both daily jogging and Sunday strolls. All you have to do is put on your sneakers or rollerblades, or climb into the saddle!

Price: free.

Distance: 8 km.

Difficulty: easy.

Desire of free sports exit and open-air? We offer cycling, walking or jogging to you. Built on an old railway, this greenway is designed in compacted sand, which gives it a wild appearance him very good. At the beginning of the lake of Briey (beware, bicycles are forbidden on its banks), the 8 km that await you will take you to Tucquegnieux in a rural setting and bucolic. The only downside finally signposting can sometimes not very obvious, and the passage forced in the streets of Mancieulles: caution.

Price: free.

Distance: 8 km away.

Problem: easy.

Departure from Domèvre-sur-Avière for a walk around the village. Located at 10 km of Épinal, this small village deserves a stopover, if only for its well-preserved authenticity and 121 ha of forests, spread over five main areas - the vast playground for pedestrians! The 8 km you are looking for will take you to the village of Perrey in a very convenient way, accessible to everyone, even to the least experienced.

Tariff: free.

Distance: 8 km.

Duration: 1 p. m.

Difficulty: very easy.

Whether you stay in the area or you do the trip paris Strasbourg regularly, the town of Ligny-en-Barrois deserves a stopover. Labellisée Village Étape, it holds the unsuspected surprises for you. At the beginning of the water relais de rue Jean-Willemart, this first short path leads to the Notre-Dame-des-Vertus church, then in Hôtel de Ville. Your steps will then successively lead you to the statue of Notre-Dame-des-Fossés, the Valéran tower, Maison du Patrimoine et at the Maison Carrée. You can reach finally your base through the narrow street in Pièrge.

Price: free.

Distance: 2.8 km away.

Problem: easy.

Good to know: the tourism Office provides of families a kit of games to discover the city in a more fun way, the secret of the Philémon hedgehog (€4).