Le lac de Retournemer occupe un creux creus\u00e9 par les glaciers \u00e0 776 m d’altitude, dans la vall\u00e9e de la Vologne. Ses 5,5 hectares sont travers\u00e9s par la Vologne elle-m\u00eame, qui entre d’un c\u00f4t\u00e9 et repart de l’autre. L’eau est calme, la for\u00eat de h\u00eatres encadre tout \u00e7a sans bruit \u2014 c’est un endroit qui se visite \u00e0 pied, sans \u00e9quipement particulier.<\/p>\n
Depuis le parking gratuit du 127 chemin de Retournemer, la boucle autour du lac fait 1,4 km avec 20 m de d\u00e9nivel\u00e9, balis\u00e9e en croix rouges. Compter 45 minutes pour le seul tour du lac, 1h30 si l’on prend le temps de s’arr\u00eater. C’est \u00e0 la port\u00e9e de tout le monde \u2014 enfants, seniors, chiens accept\u00e9s \u2014 sauf poussettes et fauteuils roulants, les chemins ne s’y pr\u00eatent pas.<\/p>\n
La vraie surprise se trouve \u00e0 deux pas du parking : un ancien tunnel de tramway, sombre et humide, datant du d\u00e9but du XXe si\u00e8cle, m\u00e8ne directement \u00e0 la cascade de Retournemer en moins de 5 minutes. Petit passage insolite que les enfants adorent, et qui d\u00e9bouche sur la cascade. En hiver, quand l’eau g\u00e8le, le spectacle change compl\u00e8tement \u2014 mais v\u00e9rifiez l’\u00e9tat du chemin avant de partir par grand froid.<\/p>\n
Le lac est propri\u00e9t\u00e9 priv\u00e9e : baignade, cano\u00eb, paddle et p\u00eache sont strictement interdits. Inutile de pr\u00e9voir le moindre \u00e9quipement nautique. Ce qui se passe ici, c’est l’observation \u2014 libellules, oiseaux, mousses, et en bordure une tourbi\u00e8re flottante qui abrite des plantes prot\u00e9g\u00e9es au niveau national, dont l’iso\u00e8te des lacs, vestige de la flore post-glaciaire. On ne la voit pas depuis les berges, mais elle est l\u00e0. Raison suppl\u00e9mentaire de rester sur les sentiers balis\u00e9s.<\/p>\n
Pour une sortie plus longue, la combinaison cascade de Retournemer + cascade de Charlemagne + tour du lac tient en 2h depuis le m\u00eame parking. Des sentiers partent aussi vers le Col des Feignes, la Roche du Diable ou le Col de Malakoff pour ceux qui veulent prolonger. En \u00e9t\u00e9 et le week-end, arriver t\u00f4t : le parking est petit et la route trop \u00e9troite pour se garer le long.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":6452,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"class_list":["post-6462","decouverte-vosges","type-decouverte-vosges","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vosges-grandeur-nature.fr\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/decouverte-vosges\/6462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vosges-grandeur-nature.fr\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/decouverte-vosges"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vosges-grandeur-nature.fr\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/decouverte-vosges"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vosges-grandeur-nature.fr\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vosges-grandeur-nature.fr\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}