Le Balcon du Semnoz
Key facts
- Distance
- 12.5 km
- Ascent
- +1,035 m
- Descent
- −1,038 m
- Estimated time
- 5 hr 50
- hiking
- Difficulty
- Not rated
- Route
- Loop
- back to the start
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 4.1 km under 10%, 3.1 km at 10 to 20% and 5.3 km over 20%. Elevation from 614 m to 1,644 m over 12.5 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 9%
- Dirt & gravel 91%
- Path types
- Trail 45%
- Track 46%
- Road 9%
Difficulty
No official rating for this track: we do not make one up.
Getting there
Start: Gruffy, Gruffy (74).
Sources
- Track: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0 (www.openstreetmap.org/relation/15524646). Time estimated by GPX Path with the Mac app rule, breaks not included.
- Surface and path types: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, extract of 28 October 2026, matched to the track every 10 m (openstreetmap.org/copyright)
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