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Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Lüders
Ronchamp

Bahntrasse im Moseltal – Ballon d'Alsace loop from Ronchamp

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Bike touring routes & trails
France
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Lüders
Ronchamp

Bahntrasse im Moseltal – Ballon d'Alsace loop from Ronchamp

Hard

4.6

(9)

1,171

riders

Bahntrasse im Moseltal – Ballon d'Alsace loop from Ronchamp

08:07

109km

2,480m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 19, 2026

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Parc naturel régional des Ballons des Vosges

Waypoints

A

Start point

Train Station

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1

800 m

Puits Sainte-Marie

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Next to the building with the winding tower, you can still find the remains of the fan, the control room and the boiler house.

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28.2 km

Réserve naturelle des Ballons Comtois

Nature Reserve

3

46.8 km

Former Le Thillot station

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Le Thillot is a village of 3,400 inhabitants located in the Vosges department, whose station was put into service in 1879. The station was closed by the SNCF in 1989. …

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4

47.1 km

Bahntrasse im Moseltal

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Wonderful route through the Moselle valley.

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5

50.7 km

BRIDGE BOW

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6

53.4 km

Saint-Maurice-sur-Moselle Church

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The small community on the Moselle is very idyllic and has a beautiful church tower. In winter, the community is a popular winter sports area.

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62.5 km

Ballon d'Alsace

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Here René Pottier conquered the first pass of the Tour de France on July 11, 1905. The Ballon d'Alsace then remained unrivaled for five years - until the much harder …

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63.5 km

View of the Ballon d’Alsace

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Very nice viewpoint

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9

65.4 km

The Gentian

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Beautiful climb to the Ballon d’Alsace with a small pass

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92.7 km

Col de la Chevestraye

Mountain Pass

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109 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

82.0 km

10.3 km

10.1 km

5.26 km

799 m

606 m

211 m

Surfaces

88.8 km

16.8 km

2.33 km

1.11 km

169 m

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Friday 26 June

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September 22, 2021,Ein Ballon und schöne Mädchen
With the descent from the summit of the Ballon d‘Alsace (Alsatian Belchen), it went down into the valley to Saint-Maurice-sur-Moselle, where you can admire our home river, the Moselle, as a baby.
On a well-developed bike path we then went to Le Thillot, where the strict and very long ascent to the Ballon de Servance began. Unfortunately, after the strenuous …

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