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Col du Balme via Grand Dessus — loop from Col du Forclaz

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Col du Balme via Grand Dessus — loop from Col du Forclaz

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Col du Balme via Grand Dessus — loop from Col du Forclaz

08:19

18.5km

1,190m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 13, 2024

Tips

Includes a segment that may be dangerous

A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

After 10.6 km for 964 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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175 m

Col de la Forclaz (Valais)

Highlight • Mountain Pass

The Col de la Forclaz is a nice passage at an altitude of 1,527 m. Presence of a restaurant, an alpine snack bar and a small supermarket. Free access fountain to fill your gourds and bottles.

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5.28 km

Spectacular trail on the TMB

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

A very impressive structure along the rock upwards (secured with a wire rope). Nothing wobbles, all the stone slabs are solidified together 👌🏻😊
Just above the rock you can see …

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9.53 km

Col de Balme

Highlight • Mountain Pass

This is a superb pass that marks the border between Switzerland and France, at 2,190 meters above sea level. View of Mont Blanc, the Chamonix Valley and the Aiguillettes des Posettes, among others.

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11.0 km

Croix de Fer Summit

Highlight • Summit

La Croix de Fer offers stunning views of vast expanses of Swiss mountains and the valleys that run through them, as well as the Trient Glacier and Lake Emosson. Access …

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16.1 km

Refuge Le Peuty

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Wonderful accommodation, the staff and the food are really good.
There are several free services such as Wi-Fi and Wc.
This place deserves a stop.

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18.5 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.97 km

5.22 km

4.75 km

686 m

482 m

357 m

Surfaces

8.99 km

5.48 km

2.92 km

587 m

234 m

158 m

107 m

Elevation

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Highest point (2,260 m)

Lowest point (1,330 m)

Weather

Friday 17 July

27°C

16°C

68 %

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Max wind speed: 6.0 km/h

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Comments

August 2, 2022,Col de la Forclaz (VS) - Refuge du col de Balme 2203m (CH/F, Chamonix Mont Blanc)

Today a tour where I get close enough to touch Mont Blanc. I started at the top of the Col de la Forclaz in Switzerland. The pass is on the route between Swiss Martigny and swanky French Chamonix.

The first few kilometers of this tour are still completely flat, namely along the bisse (French: bisse) of Trento. 50 meters in …

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Col du Balme via Grand Dessus — loop from Col du Forclaz

Col de la Forclaz (Valais)

Spectacular trail on the TMB

Col de Balme

Croix de Fer Summit

Refuge Le Peuty

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