The Petit Ballon ( German : Kleiner Belchen ) or Little Belchen , is, at 1272 m, one of the highest peaks of the Vosges Mountains in the department of Haut-Rhin , Alsace , in France , about 5 km away from the village of Wasserbourg . The Rothenbrunnen mountain hut is 500m below. A car park is a further 500m away.
4-561: The Col du Petit Ballon pass (elevation 1,163 m (3,816 ft)) is close to the summit. The mountain is part of the Belchen system , a group of mountains with the name "Belchen" (in German) that may have been part of a Celtic sun calendar . This Haut-Rhin geographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Col du Petit Ballon The Col du Petit Ballon (elevation 1,163 m (3,816 ft))
8-735: Is a mountain pass in the Vosges Mountains in the Haut-Rhin department of France, close to the summit of the Petit Ballon mountain (1,272 m (4,173 ft)). It was crossed on Stage 10 of the 2014 Tour de France cycle race. From the north, the climb starts in Munster from where the climb is 11.6 km (7.2 mi) long, gaining 773 m (2,536 ft) in altitude, at an average gradient of 6.7%. The climb proper starts at Luttenbach-près-Munster , where it leaves
12-453: The D10. From here, the climb is 9.3 km (5.8 mi) long, at an average gradient of 8.1%. From the north-west, the climb starts at Metzeral , passing through the village of Sondernach , where the route leaves the D10. The total distance is 12.8 km (8.0 mi), gaining 678 m (2,224 ft) in altitude, at an average gradient of 5.3%. It is also possible to access the col via
16-530: The D43 from Wihr-au-Val to the north-east from where the climb is 16.0 km (9.9 mi) long, gaining 1,163 m (3,816 ft) in altitude, at an average gradient of 5.3%. The col was used for the first time on Stage 10 of the 2014 Tour de France , when the leader over the summit was the Spanish rider, Joaquim Rodríguez . The col was used again on Stage 20 of the 2023 Tour de France . The leader over
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