Ballon d'Alsace – Col du Ballon d'Alsace loop from Giromagny

France

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Territoire-de-Belfort

Schermenei

Ballon d'Alsace – Col du Ballon d'Alsace loop from Giromagny

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Ballon d'Alsace – Col du Ballon d'Alsace loop from Giromagny

04:06

55.9km

1,390m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 16, 2026

Tips

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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13.7 km

Steep climb with gradients up to 20%

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Take it easy it's a tough climb.

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14.6 km

Start of the Climb to La Planche des Belles Filles

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This 5.9-kilometer climb from the village of Plancher-les-Mines in Haute-Saône is one of the most difficult in the Vosges. Indeed, cyclists who want to try it will need to be …

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14.6 km

Vers la Planche des Belles Filles

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La Planche des Belles Filles is a 5.8 kilometer climb. It is a category 1 climb. It is located in Plancher Les Mines, Franche-Comté, France. The average gradient of this …

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14.7 km

Climb to La Planche des Belles Filles

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La Planche-des-Belles-Filles is a peak in the Vosges mountains, reaching an altitude of 1,148 meters.

Renowned among cyclists, the climb from Plancher-les-Mines stretches for 5.5 kilometers, with an elevation gain of 8.5% and peaks of 28%.

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20.5 km

La Planche des Belles Filles

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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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20.7 km

La Super Planche des Belles Filles

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The Super Planche-des-Belles-Filles is an extension of about one kilometer to the Col de la Planche-des-Belles-Filles. These few hundred meters have the particularity of being covered with earth while being …

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30.6 km

Col du Stalon

Mountain Pass

38.7 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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Col du Ballon d'Alsace

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The ascent of the Ballon d'Alsace from Sewen stretches over 13 kilometers.

This 9-kilometer segment includes 700 meters of elevation gain, an average of 7.5%.

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55.9 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

29.1 km

20.1 km

6.59 km

167 m

Surfaces

31.6 km

9.46 km

8.23 km

6.70 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,170 m)

Lowest point (460 m)

Weather

Thursday 8 October

11°C

3°C

20 %

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Max wind speed: 15.0 km/h

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Comments

May 14, 2024,La Planche des belles Filles

Today I followed in the footsteps of the tour 🤗.
It's crazy that the organizers of the tour chased the racing cyclists up the "Super Planche des belle Filles". Except for an extremely steep bend at the end, the surface is gravel.
It was still beautiful, and the Vosges are really very beautiful 😃👍.

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