Balcon Est
Linear Trail
300
XP
about 1 h 41 min walking
1773 m
1656 m
1539 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
234 m
Drop
327 m
Highest
1757 m
Lowest
1544 m
Walking time
about 1 h 41 min
Which way round
Downhill: Climbs 18% for 530 m early on, comes down 14% for 650 m near the end.
Uphill: Climbs 14% for 650 m early on, comes down 18% for 530 m near the end.
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 4.2–6.5, from 1740 m to 1544 m.
How the 6.5 km splits
Flat
0.9 km
Climbing
1.3 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.5 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.5 km
Descending
2.5 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.7 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.2 km
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