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Ballon d'Alsace – Rue du Ballon d'Alsace. loop from Gérardmer

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Ballon d'Alsace – Rue du Ballon d'Alsace. loop from Gérardmer

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5.0

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139

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Ballon d'Alsace – Rue du Ballon d'Alsace. loop from Gérardmer

05:07

99.2km

1,760m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 28, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Parc naturel régional des Ballons des Vosges

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

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1

3.56 km

Col de Grosse Pierre

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Small road with a steep climb and good views as a reward

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2

6.72 km

Grosse Pierre Pass.

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With a real Tour de France feeling on the asphalt.

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3

22.6 km

Ménil Pass (621 m)

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Small pass between Le Thillot and Cornimont. Neither very long nor very high nor steep.

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4

35.7 km

Ascent of the Ballon d'Alsace from Saint-Maurice-sur-Moselle

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Komoot's topo is wrong for most of the climb from Saint-Meurice-Sur-Moselle. Expect around 7% overall (sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less). Not so easy on a touring bike …

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5

44.8 km

Ballon d'Alsace

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Here René Pottier conquered the first pass of the Tour de France on July 11, 1905. The Ballon d'Alsace then remained unrivaled for five years - until the much harder …

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6

45.6 km

Rue du Ballon d'Alsace.

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The Ballon d'Alsace from Saint Maurice sur Moselle is 9 km long with a total drop of 621 m. The average gradient is 6.95 with a maximum gradient of 13.8% …

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7

55.9 km

Stone Arch Bridge on the Voie Verte Bussang–Épinal

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30 km of former railway line between Bussang and Epinal have been converted into a railway cycle path (voie verte). Wonderful!

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8

93.9 km

Col de Sapois

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Small road with little traffic, between Vagney and Gerardmer.

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94.4 km

Col de Sapois

Mountain Pass

B

99.2 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

56.2 km

30.4 km

8.75 km

2.64 km

997 m

325 m

Surfaces

97.8 km

1.38 km

< 100 m

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Highest point (1,170 m)

Lowest point (410 m)

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Wednesday 17 June

31°C

14°C

3 %

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