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Lauch Lake – Petit Ballon loop from Réserve biologique dirigée de Guebwiller

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Lauch Lake – Petit Ballon loop from Réserve biologique dirigée de Guebwiller

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Lauch Lake – Petit Ballon loop from Réserve biologique dirigée de Guebwiller

08:30

25.0km

1,020m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 16, 2026

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Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 3.57 km for 1.74 km

Open: • July-November (otherwise closed)

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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3.55 km

Col du Lauchen

Mountain Pass

5.49 km

Oberlauchen Pass

Highlight • Other

Linking the Route des Crêtes to the ridge leading to the Petit Ballon, this pass and its meadow offer appreciable calm, a little below the most emblematic peaks of the Vosges. It provides access to Lac de la Lauch after one kilometer of descent.

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6.12 km

Oberlauchen Beech Meadow

Highlight • Natural

open landscape with individual beautiful beech trees

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6.95 km

Lake Lauch

Highlight • Lake

This is one of the most easily accessible lakes in the Vosges by car, taking the same road as that leading to the Markstein. Ideal for a family picnic, it is however forbidden to swim there, as for all the dam lakes of the massif.

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7.49 km

Lauch Lake

Highlight • Lake

8.99 km

View of the Rhine Valley and Le Markstein

Highlight • Viewpoint

15.4 km

Col du Hilsenfirst

Mountain Pass

18.1 km

Petit Ballon

Highlight • Summit

From its 1272 meters high, the Petit Ballon is certainly one of the most beautiful viewpoints of the Vosges massif. Its vast expanse of high stubble and the absence of adjacent summits allow it to dominate the landscape at 360°, and in particular the plain of Alsace to the east with the Black Forest in the background.

The ideal place to admire the sunset, especially since several farm inns are within walking distance to enjoy a delicious marcaire meal and/or spend the night. Less touristy than the large Vosges ridge facing it, the Petit Ballon provides an authentic mountain feeling, with its Tibetan flags, its statue of the Virgin and its Vosges breed cow farms.

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18.2 km

Statue of the Virgin Mary

Highlight • Monument

A statue of the Virgin watches over the valley from the summit of Petit Ballon. It was erected by the tenant of the Ballon farm in 1862 after surviving a violent snowstorm in 1860.

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18.4 km

Friendly, simple hospitality

Highlight • Other

Bring a snack, they have drinks available!

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25.0 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

13.4 km

6.44 km

3.78 km

1.41 km

Surfaces

13.0 km

5.96 km

3.52 km

1.39 km

706 m

479 m

Elevation

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Lauch Lake – Petit Ballon loop from Réserve biologique dirigée de Guebwiller

Oberlauchen Pass

Oberlauchen Beech Meadow

Lake Lauch

Lauch Lake

View of the Rhine Valley and Le Markstein

Petit Ballon

Statue of the Virgin Mary

Friendly, simple hospitality

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