Grand Ballon – Superb panorama of the Vosges loop from Guebwiller

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Grand Ballon – Superb panorama of the Vosges loop from Guebwiller

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Grand Ballon – Superb panorama of the Vosges loop from Guebwiller

07:30

21.4km

1,090m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly walkable paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Parc naturel régional des Ballons des Vosges

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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4.80 km

Mountain Ferns in Parc naturel régional des Ballons des Vosges

Highlight • Forest

6.26 km

Fontaine Schlumberger

Highlight • Natural Monument

Good sources are gold value this summer.
Even if the water is not controlled, I have always found it to be good!

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6.27 km

Judenhut Pass (976 m)

Highlight • Mountain Pass

Nice rest area, tables and benches are available. It can also be grilled there

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9.06 km

View of the Grand Ballon

Highlight • Viewpoint

The Lac du Ballon, also Belchensee, is a karst lake. In the 16th century, Vauban converted it into a reservoir.

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9.43 km

Grand Ballon

Highlight • Summit

The Grand Ballon (German: Großer Belchen), at 1,424 meters above sea level, offers a magnificent panoramic view and is the highest mountain in the Vosges Mountains.

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9.56 km

Blue Devils Monument

Highlight • Monument

beautiful landscape

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10.4 km

Col du Grand Ballon

Mountain Pass

11.7 km

Superb panorama of the Vosges

Highlight • Summit

Even on the way to the Grande Ballon, there are always magnificent views of the surrounding landscape.

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13.5 km

Firstacker

Mountain Pass

18.4 km

View over the Rhine plain

Highlight • Other

19.3 km

Ruins

21.4 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.27 km

8.83 km

2.63 km

455 m

125 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

10.6 km

8.15 km

2.10 km

455 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 5 November

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Comments

November 20, 2021,Grand Ballon depuis Guebwiller

At 1424m, the Grand Ballon is the highest elevation in Alsace - in order to be able to enjoy the vertical meters to the maximum, a start from Guebwiller, Soultz or Murbach is recommended (beautifully illustrated by Petra and Patrick here: komoot.de/tour / 407505554? Ref = atd).
Today I started from the Sandgrube hiking car park on the outskirts of …

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