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Sentier Balcon

Linear Trail

350

XP

about 2 h 47 min walking

12.19 km
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2088 m

1934 m

1779 m

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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.

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Hilly walk

3 steep stretches — marked on the map.

Climb

204 m

Drop

417 m

Highest

2067 m

Lowest

1786 m

Walking time

about 2 h 47 min

Which way round

Downhill: Easy first 5.6 km, no steep climbing, comes down 15% for 600 m early on.

Uphill: Climbs 15% for 600 m midway, no steep descents.

Shown as the descent, the way a graded trail like this is ridden — the climb back up is usually the forest road.

Main descent: km 2.1–5.6, from 2032 m to 1787 m.

How the 12.2 km splits

Flat

2.2 km

Climbing

4.1 km

Descending

4.8 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

1.1 km

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