Rated Passes

Col du Ballon d’Alsace – 1,171m

  Route: D465 St. Maurice sur Moselle to Giromagny – 15 miles   Ridden: 02/07/2006 & 02/07/2008   This Col on the D465 between St. Maurice sur Moselle and Giromagny, just north of Belfort – where Alstom make the TGVs (Train Grande Vitesse) – takes you over the Ballon d’Alsace. A good biking road [...]

Col de la Schlucht – 1,139m

  Route: D417 Wintzenheim to Gerardmer – 29 miles   Ridden: 01/07/2006   The D417 from Wintzenheim – near Colmar – to Gerardmer in the heart of the Vosges Mountains takes you over this Col. Not high but a very pleasant road which winds its way up through the forest. A good biking road [...]