Cham des Balmelles
Key facts
- Distance
- 19.9 km
- Ascent
- +920 m
- Descent
- −762 m
- Estimated time
- 6 hr 05
- hiking
- Difficulty
- Difficult
- official rating
- Route
- Loop
- back to the start
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 14.4 km under 10% and 5.5 km at 10 to 20%. Elevation from 330 m to 788 m over 19.9 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 30%
- Dirt & gravel 70%
- Path types
- Trail 37%
- Track 33%
- Road 30%
Description
Difficulty
Official rating: difficult, by Parc national des Cévennes.
Getting there
Start: Pied de Borne, Pied-de-Borne (48).
Sources
- Track: Parc national des Cévennes, Licence Ouverte 1.0, Licence Ouverte 1.0 (Etalab) (destination.cevennes-parcnational.fr/trek/95077-Cham-des-Balmelles). 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)
- Official elevation gain: 920 m, Parc national des Cévennes
Nearby tracks
Plan IGN © IGN 2026Le ChassezacOccitanie, Pied-de-Borne (48) · LoopOfficial rating by Parc national des Cévennes
Plan IGN © IGN 2026La DentOccitanie, Pied-de-Borne (48) · LoopOfficial rating by Parc national des Cévennes
Plan IGN © IGN 2026La Viale irrigation channelOccitanie, Prévenchères (48) · LoopOfficial rating by Parc national des Cévennes
Plan IGN © IGN 2026Le ChayrouOccitanie, Prévenchères (48) · LoopOfficial rating by Parc national des Cévennes
Plan IGN © IGN 2026Gorges du ChassezacOccitanie, Prévenchères (48) · LoopOfficial rating by Parc national des Cévennes
Plan IGN © IGN 2026The cliffs of PourcharessesCévennes, Villefort (48) · LoopOfficial rating by Parc national des Cévennes