La Roche-en-Ardenne via Beausaint in a loop in the parc naturel des deux Ourthes

03:35

11.8km

350m

Hiking

Hard hike. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 13, 2024

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Includes a segment that may be dangerous

A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

After 6.30 km for 531 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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643 m

Path of the Dead

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

A path over the mountain of Corumont! The path used to be used by the inhabitants of Harzé to transport their dead to the cemetery of Bérismenil, in order to avoid paying the tax on the road via La Roche.
This road connected the Roman road through Beausaint to La Roche.

On the hill opposite the Ourthe is King Pepin's chair from which he judged or rested after long hunting trips. A legend tells that a girl who wants to get married has to go around the stone 3 times on the same day. One day, a young unbelieving girl goes around the stone 9 times. Because of this she was called the woman with the three men. Due to the construction of the road of le Chalet, the stone has disappeared, only a children's song is left that is still sung today. The place was used during the war by the Germans for anti-aircraft defense against the Allied bombers. Today the site is used by many hikers as a viewpoint over the valley of La Roche, by mountain bikers and as a starting point for paragliding practitioners. Corumont comes from "Côrir" which means hazel, and "mont" means mountain, so mountain of the hazel trees. The "seat of King Pepin" is for us a distant childhood memory, a monotonous song "al tchèyîre do rwé Pepin mi, mi, re, re, re, re, mi, mi, mi, re, re, re", sung by toddlers, circling two children carrying a third child on the clasped hands in the primary school courtyard, noisy from the screams as the "king" jumps to the floor.

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