Ballon d'Alsace – La Planche des Belles Filles loop from Cornimont

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Ballon d'Alsace – La Planche des Belles Filles loop from Cornimont

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Ballon d'Alsace – La Planche des Belles Filles loop from Cornimont

07:54

108km

2,270m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 20, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Parc naturel régional des Ballons des Vosges

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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412 m

Cornimont Church

Highlight • Religious Site

Cornimont Church, nearby there are a couple of bars where you can refresh yourself 🍰☕️ before returning.

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13.4 km

Bahntrasse im Moseltal

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Wonderful route through the Moselle valley.

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17.0 km

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

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

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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28.0 km

Ballon d'Alsace

Highlight • Natural Monument

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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28.9 km

View of the Ballon d’Alsace

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Very nice viewpoint

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64.9 km

La Planche des Belles Filles

Highlight • Summit

The only road that leads to the summit of Planche-des-Belles-Filles is relatively rarely used by cars. The asphalt in perfect condition and the slopes of more than 25%, however, attract …

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76.4 km

Réserve naturelle des Ballons Comtois

Nature Reserve

95.0 km

Former Le Thillot station

Highlight • Monument

Le Thillot is a village of 3,400 inhabitants located in the Vosges department, whose station was put into service in 1879. The station was closed by the SNCF in 1989. …

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103 km

Col du Ménil

Mountain Pass

108 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

88.1 km

8.14 km

5.59 km

3.36 km

1.94 km

912 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

99.9 km

4.32 km

3.67 km

136 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,170 m)

Lowest point (420 m)

Weather

Saturday 10 October

12°C

6°C

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Comments

September 22, 2021,Ein Ballon und schöne Mädchen

With the descent from the summit of the Ballon d‘Alsace (Alsatian Belchen), it went down into the valley to Saint-Maurice-sur-Moselle, where you can admire our home river, the Moselle, as a baby.
On a well-developed bike path we then went to Le Thillot, where the strict and very long ascent to the Ballon de Servance began. Unfortunately, after the strenuous …

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