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Grand Balcon Sud (Depuis Planpraz Jusqu'à Flégère)

Linear Trail

250

XP

about 1 h 9 min walking

4.95 km
Linear
0 km1 km2 km3 km4 km5 km

2101 m

1955 m

1808 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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Steep walk

Some very steep ground — marked on the map.

Climb

79 m

Drop

306 m

Highest

2081 m

Lowest

1815 m

Walking time

about 1 h 9 min

Which way round

Downhill: Easy first 2.7 km, climbs 15% for 370 m midway, comes down 15% for 600 m early on.

Uphill: Easy first 2.4 km, climbs 15% for 600 m near the end, comes down 15% for 370 m midway.

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 0.0–2.7, from 2081 m to 1815 m.

How the 5.1 km splits

Flat

0.8 km

Climbing

0.7 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

0.4 km

Descending

2.2 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.6 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

0.4 km

Link it with other walks

Index - Planpraz

Shares 0.3 km of path · meets at km 0.0

6.11 km

Lac Cornu (Depuis Altitude 2000)

Starts here too · Crosses at km 0.2

2.33 km

Brévent (Depuis Altitude 2000 Via le Col du Brévent)

Crosses at km 0.0

2.6 km

la Charlanon (Depuis le Petit Balcon Sud (Croisement du Sentier Venant des Praz))

Crosses at km 2.5

2.94 km

Charlanon - Floria

Crosses at km 2.5

10.45 km

Sentier des Vaches du Praz des Violles à la Charlanon

Crosses at km 2.7

1.79 km

la Flégère (Depuis le Petit Balcon Sud (Couloir des Lanchers) Via Praz des Violles)

Crosses at km 4.8

3.59 km

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