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Boenlesgrab Pass – Petit Ballon loop from Col de Boenlesgrab

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Boenlesgrab Pass – Petit Ballon loop from Col de Boenlesgrab

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Boenlesgrab Pass – Petit Ballon loop from Col de Boenlesgrab

02:27

6.90km

380m

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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 8, 2026

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Parc naturel régional des Ballons des Vosges

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Boenlesgrab Pass

Highlight • Mountain Pass

View of the valley of Munster or Florival, restaurant at the col. Crossroads to access the small balloon, bounded yellow, firstplan, florival, noble valley ...

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948 m

Distant view of the great Sulzbach valley

Highlight • Other

Descent with a view - a nice motivation for the later ascent to the Petit Ballon

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1.95 km

Schellimatt Bunker

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This large-scale bunker is located at a fork in the road about 100m below the summit. There is a lower room through a narrow entrance inside.

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3.54 km

Bunker

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Also at the top of the Petit Ballon is a German bunker from the First World War with trenches. The bunker is badly damaged and is believed to have been the highest one.

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3.59 km

Petit Ballon

Highlight • Summit

From its 1272 meters high, the Petit Ballon is certainly one of the most beautiful viewpoints of the Vosges massif. Its vast expanse of high stubble and the absence of …

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3.61 km

Statue of the Virgin Mary

Highlight • Monument

A statue of the Virgin watches over the valley from the summit of Petit Ballon. It was erected by the tenant of the Ballon farm in 1862 after surviving a violent snowstorm in 1860.

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