- Ballon d'Alsace
Infobox Mountain
Name = Ballon d'Alsace
Photo = Ballon dAlsace.jpg
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Elevation = convert|1247|m|ft|0
Range = Vosges
Location =France
Prominence = convert|211|m|ft|0|abbr=on
Coordinates = coord|47|49|20|N|6|50|42|E|region:FR_type:pass|display=inline,title
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Easiest route =Ballon d'Alsace _de. Elsässer Belchen (el. 1247 m.) is a mountain at the border of
Alsace , Lorraine, andFranche-Comté . From its top, views include the Vosges, theRhine valley, and theBlack Forest .A road leads over a pass near the peak at 1171 m.
Ballon d'Alsace is noted as the site of the first official mountain climb in the
Tour de France on10 July 1905 , won byRené Pottier . Stage 9 of the 2005 Tour crossed this pass on the centenary of the original climb.External links
* [http://www.climbbybike.com/climb.asp?Col=Ballon%20dAlsace%20&qryMountainID=5685 Profile on climbbybike.com]
* [http://ballon.alsace.free.fr/ ballon.alsace.free.fr]
* [http://lavl.free.fr/site-parapente-vosges/Ballon-Alsace.html paragliding take-off on Ballon d'Alsace - Vosges by French Federation]
* [http://www.les-mille-etangs.com/ballon_alsace.htm les-mille-etangs.com]
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