Bahntrasse im Moseltal – Ballon d'Alsace loop from Ronchamp

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France

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Lüders

Ronchamp

Bahntrasse im Moseltal – Ballon d'Alsace loop from Ronchamp

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Bahntrasse im Moseltal – Ballon d'Alsace loop from Ronchamp

08:06

110km

2,480m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Parc naturel régional des Ballons des Vosges

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

Get Directions

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

46.8 km

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.

Le Thillot is a popular stopover among cyclists exploring the surrounding peaks.

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47.1 km

Bahntrasse im Moseltal

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Wonderful route through the Moselle valley.

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50.7 km

BRIDGE BOW

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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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54.3 km

Ascent of the Ballon d'Alsace from Saint-Maurice-sur-Moselle

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Komoot's topo is wrong for most of the climb from Saint-Meurice-Sur-Moselle. Expect around 7% overall (sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less). Not so easy on a touring bike (25kg load + 17kg bike), but accessible and the 30km descent to Belfort is well worth it :)

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63.3 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 passes in the Pyrenees were discovered.

At 1,247 meters, the pass is by no means the highest in the Vosges and today no one would include it on the list of important passes - but there is still a certain magic about it.

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64.3 km

View of the Ballon d’Alsace

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Very nice viewpoint

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93.1 km

Col de la Chevestraye

Mountain Pass

110 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

84.7 km

8.86 km

8.44 km

5.44 km

1.17 km

810 m

237 m

Surfaces

91.3 km

16.2 km

1.19 km

755 m

228 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 15 October

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Comments

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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