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A quiet road up to Geishouse, then a cycle and footpath with fine asphalt and plenty of shade until about 1 kilometer before the Col du Grand Ballon. Praise for the planning and development of this greenway! This is what cycling tourism is all about. A few shorter sections, especially toward the end, have double-digit gradients of up to about 15%. https://www.quaeldich.de/paesse/grand-ballon/

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a nice rocky section

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Near the Col de Petit Ballon, the path leads to Metzeral and Breitenbach or to the valley of La Fecht over a mountain ridge with impressive rock formations. This rocky path at over 1110 m high stretches from the Kegelritz to the Grothkopf with the 1177 m high Steinberg in the middle. From everywhere, in addition to striking rocks, there are wonderful views in all directions of the Vosges, especially of the nearby Petit Ballon in the southeast and, in the opposite direction, of the 1,363 m high Hohneck in the northwest.

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The climb via Geishouse to the Grand Ballon has been newly paved since summer 2023, making it a truly beautiful alternative to the routes where you have to share the road with motorcycles and sports cars. It's also highly recommended for scenic reasons and, as it's mostly through the forest, is relatively bearable in summer.

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Recommended! The asphalt after Geishouse has recently been completely renewed and is completely car-free from there to Ferme du Haag. However, they have closed the road with a barrier that you cannot go around but only under. So you have to get off and click in again at 8%. Not very convenient and completely dangerous if you descend via that side. Hopefully they will adjust this. The climb is easy to do at the beginning with a very steep section of 10%. After Geishouse on the renewed asphalt it becomes more difficult with a few kilometers around 9%. You get a chance to catch your breath for a while and then finish with sections of 11-12% to Ferme du Haag. The last 2 km to the top of the Grand Ballon are a bit easier again but all in all it makes for a pretty tough climb.

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The road from Geishouse is now a greenway reserved for bicycles! Watch out for the barrier at the bottom of Geishouse, especially on the way down!

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New asphalt today on June 7, 2023.

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I'm up from Moosch on my racing bike. The asphalt is ok up to Geishouse. Then he gets worse and worse. In many places forest soil, muddy mud, loose chippings. Everything was mobile but no longer asphalted ;-)

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