Balcons du Mont-Blanc
Linear Trail
400
XP
about 2 h 11 min walking
1579 m
1464 m
1350 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
314 m
Drop
342 m
Highest
1563 m
Lowest
1355 m
Walking time
about 2 h 8 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 13% for 650 m midway, comes down 19% for 530 m near the end.
Clockwise: Easy first 1.0 km, climbs 19% for 530 m early on, comes down 13% for 650 m midway.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (1.1 km at 10%+, 1.1 km of it 15%+) and come down 1.2 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 2.7–7.6, from 1563 m to 1362 m.
How the 8.1 km splits
Flat
1.4 km
Climbing
1.6 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
1.1 km
Descending
2.7 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.9 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.3 km
Link it with other walks
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Mont Joux Depuis la Croix
Shares 3.0 km of path · meets at km 0.4, 3.5, 6.011.05 km
Mont Joly Depuis la Croix
Shares 0.9 km of path · meets at km 2.89.31 km
l'Alpage de Porcherey
Shares 0.9 km of path · meets at km 2.87.21 km
Mont d'Arbois
Shares 0.3 km of path · meets at km 6.09.44 km
Plateau de la Croix
Crosses at km 1.93.51 km