Ballon d'Alsace-north

CyclingUp: Ballon d'Alsace-north

Region: Vosges
Climbing effort: 400 cep
Elevation meters: 595
Steepest kilometer: 8.0%

Steepest 250 m: 9%
Foot: 570 m Top: 1165 m
Mean slope: 6.6%
Length: 9.0 km

From: St-Maurice-sur-Moselle
Road conditions (2014): good
Other race bikers: 5-10 per hour
Motor vehicles: 30-60 per hour
Scenery and road:

(2/5)
Restaurant or bar near top: yes

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The climb of the northern side of the Ballon d'Alsace starting from St-Maurice-sur-Moselle is easy to describe. It is a one-gear-is-enough ascent. If you indeed have only a single gear, it should be the one you need for a slope of 7%. Other aspects of the tour tend to be monotonous as well. Most of the climbing takes place on a broad road in a dense forest, allowing no views. The exception is the stretch near la Jumenterie, a little more than a kilometer before the top, where the landscape is open.

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