Balcon des Balais
Linear Trail
450
XP
about 2 h 12 min walking
1958 m
1693 m
1427 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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Climb
504 m
Drop
431 m
Highest
1922 m
Lowest
1439 m
Walking time
about 2 h 12 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 19% for 2200 m early on, comes down 21% for 1790 m midway.
Clockwise: Climbs 21% for 1790 m early on, comes down 19% for 2200 m midway.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main climb: km 0.0–3.9, from 1439 m to 1910 m.
How the 6.8 km splits
Flat
0.4 km
Climbing
0.7 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
2.6 km
Descending
1.3 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
1.8 km
Link it with other walks
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Sentier Cosylve
Shares 0.3 km of path · meets at km 0.03.91 km
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Shares 0.2 km of path · meets at km 0.155.68 km
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Starts here too · Crosses at km 0.02.85 km
Balcon du Pré Rond
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