Petit Balcon Sud
Key facts
- Distance
- 13.8 km
- Ascent
- +724 m
- Descent
- −453 m
- Estimated time
- 4 hr 25
- hiking
- Difficulty
- Not rated
- Route
- Point to point
- ends elsewhere
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 10.0 km under 10%, 3.1 km at 10 to 20% and 0.7 km over 20%. Elevation from 1,084 m to 1,516 m over 13.8 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Dirt & gravel 100%
- Path types
- Trail 92%
- Track 8%
Difficulty
No official rating for this track: we do not make one up.
Getting there
Start: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (74).
Sources
- Track: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0 (www.openstreetmap.org/relation/16077747). 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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