Petit Ballon – Grand Ballon loop from Guebwiller
Petit Ballon – Grand Ballon loop from Guebwiller
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Petit Ballon – Grand Ballon loop from Guebwiller
05:22
49.6km
1,550m
Mountain biking
Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: July 22, 2026
Tips
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 17.4 km for 115 m
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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11.6 km
Boenlesgrab Pass
Highlight • Mountain Pass
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13.4 km
Strohberg Farm Inn
Highlight • Restaurant
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15.3 km
Petit Ballon
Highlight • Summit
The ideal place to admire the sunset, especially since several farm inns are within walking distance to enjoy a delicious marcaire meal and/or spend the night. Less touristy than the large Vosges ridge facing it, the Petit Ballon provides an authentic mountain feeling, with its Tibetan flags, its statue of the Virgin and its Vosges breed cow farms.
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18.0 km
Hilsenfirst Pass Trail
Highlight (Segment) • Summit
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35.4 km
Great view
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35.6 km
Grand Ballon
Highlight • Summit
In 1927, a monument to the Blue Devils (French: Diables bleus), a mountain infantry battalion during World War I, was erected. It was destroyed by the Germans in September 1940 and reconstructed by the sculptor Bouret in October 1960. A radar station has stood on the summit since 1997, serving civilian aviation during approaches to the airports of Strasbourg and Basel-Mulhouse.
On clear days, you can see far into the Rhine Valley and the Alps.
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36.5 km
Grand Ballon
Highlight • Summit
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40.7 km
Col de Judenhut
Mountain Pass
43.2 km
Cave Entrance
Cave Entrance
44.2 km
Munsteraeckerle Shelter
Highlight • Mountain Hut
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46.6 km
Col de Peternit
Mountain Pass
49.6 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
41.8 km
3.90 km
1.62 km
1.24 km
1.05 km
< 100 m
Surfaces
24.0 km
12.4 km
7.36 km
5.80 km
< 100 m
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The colors are beautifully displayed in the Vosges forests!
Only a few mushrooms left, a bit windy at times, but a great packed lunch at the Ferme Auberge du Steinlebach!
After Hilsenfirst, taking a sensible trail option down and then back up to the descent to Boenlesgrab is worthwhile, better than pushing your …
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