Grand Balcon Nord (Depuis le Refuge du Plan de l'Aiguille Jusqu'au Montenvers Via le Sentier Escarpé et le Sentier du Signal)
Linear Trail
450
XP
about 2 h 13 min walking
2324 m
2109 m
1893 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
304 m
Drop
520 m
Highest
2295 m
Lowest
1903 m
Walking time
about 2 h 13 min
Which way round
Downhill: Easy first 3.8 km, climbs 16% for 390 m near the end, comes down 19% for 1520 m midway.
Uphill: Easy first 1.7 km, climbs 19% for 1520 m early on, comes down 16% for 390 m early on.
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 5.1–6.8, from 2195 m to 1904 m.
How the 8.5 km splits
Flat
1.1 km
Climbing
1.9 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
1.1 km
Descending
2.3 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
2.1 km
Link it with other walks
Sentier des Aiguilles de Chamonix
Shares 5.9 km of path · meets at km 0.1, 6.1, 6.3…6.58 km
Plan de l'Aiguille
Shares 0.3 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.4, 0.86.11 km
Plan de l'Aiguille - Gare des Glaciers
Starts here too · Crosses at km 0.02.55 km
Lac Bleu Depuis le Plan de l'Aiguille (Gare Téléphérique)
Crosses at km 0.00.94 km
Plan de l'Aiguille (Gare Téléphérique) Depuis le Parking du Grépon Via Grand Bois et Via le Refuge du Plan de l'Aiguille
Crosses at km 0.66.54 km
Refuge du Plan de l'Aiguille Depuis la Cascade du Dard
Crosses at km 0.65.94 km
Alpage de Blaitière dessous et dessus
Crosses at km 2.54.65 km
Raccord entre Alpage de Blaitière dessous et le Grand Balcon Nord Via Blaitière dessus
Crosses at km 2.51.49 km
le Montenvers
Crosses at km 6.0, 6.110.62 km
Montenvers Depuis les Planards Via la Buvette des Mottets
Crosses at km 6.06.42 km