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Hundsruck Pass – Ballon d'Alsace loop from Thann Centre

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Hundsruck Pass – Ballon d'Alsace loop from Thann Centre

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Hundsruck Pass – Ballon d'Alsace loop from Thann Centre

06:07

87.7km

1,600m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 22, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 26.8 km for 10 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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7.00 km

Hundsruck Pass

Highlight • Mountain Pass

After the Grand Ballon, the ascent is shorter, but it also needs to be ridden. There are restaurants upstairs to regain your strength.

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11.4 km

Col du Schirm

Mountain Pass

15.2 km

Doller Trail — From Masevaux to Sewen

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

This cycle path follows the Voie Verte of the Doller valley and follows the route of an old railway line. Over 2 kilometers, the route is interrupted and you have to take cycle lanes along the D466 road.

The slope is constant and quite low, at around 1%.

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24.2 km

Sewen Lake

Highlight • Other

Nice little lake to rest or swim on the way to or from Ballon d'Alsace

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26.8 km

Alfeld Lake

Highlight • Lake

Dam lake built by the Germans in 1883 with an area of approximately 10 hectares. The basin in which it takes place was dug by an ancient glacier. It feeds the rivers of the Doller valley as needed.

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27.2 km

Lac d'Alfeld

Lake

33.2 km

The Gentian

Highlight • Other

Beautiful climb to the Ballon d’Alsace with a small pass

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36.4 km

Ballon d'Alsace

Highlight • Natural Monument

Here René Pottier conquered the first pass of the Tour de France on July 11, 1905. The Ballon d'Alsace then remained unrivaled for five years - until the much harder passes in the Pyrenees were discovered.

At 1,247 meters, the pass is by no means the highest in the Vosges and today no one would include it on the list of important passes - but there is still a certain magic about it.

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76.4 km

Sentheim Train Station

Highlight • Structure

Beautiful cycle path on the old railway line, parallel to the museum railway to Sentheim.
From Lauw to Masavaux on marked cycle lanes on the road.
More information: achim-bartoschek.de/bahneur_fr.htm#fr68_02, fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligne_de_Cernay_%C3%A0_Sewen, visit.alsace/de /241004291-zug-thur-doller-alsace/ and af3v.org/les-voies-vertes/voies/239-search_tag

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87.4 km

Thann Minster

Highlight • Religious Site

The small Alsatian town of Thann was first mentioned in documents in 1290 (city charter 1360). Three years earlier, however, a church was mentioned that was dedicated to Saint Theobald (Ubald of Gubbio, died 1160), the Bishop of Gubbio. A finger relic of him is venerated in the church, which miraculously arrived in the Vosges from Italy.

Construction of the current collegiate church began in the first half of the 14th century (southern aisle, lower part of the west façade). Construction of the choir and tower began in 1351. The Marian tympanum above the west portal was built around 1400, which depicts the life of the Mother of God based on biblical and apocryphal reports. The choir was consecrated in 1432. From around 1490, construction began again under master builder Remigius Faesch: he completed the northern aisle by 1492, and the central aisle in 1495. Faesch completed the church tower in 1516. In 1629-31, the Chapel of Our Lady was built on the southern nave. From 1887 to 1895, the cathedral received buttress pinnacles and colorful tiled roofs (Wikipedia).

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87.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

69.2 km

11.0 km

4.95 km

1.58 km

860 m

113 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

80.8 km

4.22 km

1.20 km

969 m

349 m

178 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,170 m)

Lowest point (330 m)

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Hundsruck Pass – Ballon d'Alsace loop from Thann Centre

Hundsruck Pass

Doller Trail — From Masevaux to Sewen

Sewen Lake

Alfeld Lake

The Gentian

Ballon d'Alsace

Sentheim Train Station

Thann Minster

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