Balcons de Digne (parcours VTT n°8)
Key facts
- Distance
- 39.0 km
- Ascent
- +1,233 m
- Descent
- −1,124 m
- Estimated time
- 5 hr
- mtb
- Difficulty
- Difficult
- official rating
- Route
- Loop
- back to the start
Official time: 5 h
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 33.0 km under 10% and 6.0 km at 10 to 20%. Elevation from 594 m to 1,216 m over 39.0 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 30%
- Dirt & gravel 65%
- Unknown 5%
- Path types
- Trail 35%
- Track 31%
- Road 31%
- Off-network 3%
Difficulty
Official rating: difficult, by Département des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
Getting there
Start: Office de tourisme, Digne-les-Bains, Digne-les-Bains (04).
Sources
- Track: Département des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, PDIPR, Licence Ouverte 2.0, Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab) (www.datasud.fr/fr/dataset/datasets/1394/). Time estimated by GPX Path with the Mac app rule, breaks not included.
- Official time: 5 h, datasud.fr
- 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: 1,233 m, Département des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
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