
Grand Balcon Sud
The print
Printed to order at 300 DPI, rendered natively at your size and never upscaled. Print only; the frame in the photos is for scale.
Shipping & returns
Printed in 2 to 5 business days, then 3 to 5 in transit within the US, rolled in a sturdy tube. Free US shipping; outside the US, shipping is calculated at checkout. 14-day reprint-or-refund guarantee, any reason, no return shipping. You have 1 hour after checkout to change trail, style or size, just reply to your confirmation email. Full returns policy.
About the Grand Balcon Sud trail
3,393 feet of elevation gain over 8.4 miles: that is Grand Balcon Sud, a point-to-point route in Haute-Savoie running between 4,800 and 6,968 feet. The steepest pitch reaches 69 percent, against an average of 404 feet of gain per mile. On our gain-and-distance scale it falls in the very strenuous band. The nearest town is Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, 6 miles away.
The area
The Aiguilles Rouges National Nature Reserve is a nature reserve located in the Aiguilles Rouges mountain range in the Haute-Savoie department in southeastern France.
Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Along the route
- Col des Montetsmi 0.0
- La Flégèremi 5.0
Places OpenStreetMap maps within 150 m of the route.
Questions about the Grand Balcon Sud print
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Place names along the route: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Best months are an estimate from NASA POWER climate data (CC BY 4.0), 2001 to 2020 monthly averages adjusted to the trail's elevation, not an official season; check current conditions and closures.