Petit Ballon

{{Infobox mountain

|name = Petit Ballon

|photo = Petit Ballon depuis le Hohneck.JPG

|photo_caption = The view of the Petit Ballon from Hohneck

|elevation_m = 1272

| prominence_m = 147

| prominence_ref= Le Petit Ballon, web-page on [http://peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=33929 www.peakbagger.com]

|range = Vosges Mountains

|location = Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France

|map = France

|range_coordinates =

| label_position = left

|map_caption = France

|coordinates = {{coord|47|58|50|N|7|07|34|E|type:mountain_region:FR_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|translation = The Little Balloon

}}

The Petit Ballon ({{langx|de|Kleiner Belchen}}) or Little Belchen,Chevrier, Jean-François. From Basel – Herzog & de Meuron, Basel: Birkhäuser, 2016, p. 54. is, at 1272 m, one of the highest peaks of the Vosges Mountains in the department of Haut-Rhin, Alsace, in France, about 5 km away from the village of Wasserbourg. The Rothenbrunnen mountain hut is 500m below. A car park is a further 500m away.

The Col du Petit Ballon pass (elevation {{convert|1163|m|ft|abbr=on}}) is close to the summit.

The mountain is part of the Belchen system, a group of mountains with the name "Belchen" (in German) that may have been part of a Celtic sun calendar.

References

Bibliography

[https://books.google.com/books?id=0GjZTWkhFNQC&dq=%22Le+Petit+Ballon%22+mountain&pg=PT13 Alsace and Lorraine Rough Guides Snapshot France] Penguin, May 23, 2013
[https://books.google.com/books?id=6wsxAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Le+Petit+Ballon%22+mountain A wayfarer in Alsace] Bernard Stephen Townroe Houghton Mifflin, 1926
[https://books.google.com/books?id=J4P-4yW_zJEC&dq=%22Le+Petit+Ballon%22&pg=PA74 Petit Futé Alsace] Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette Petit Futé, Mar 3, 2010
[https://books.google.com/books?id=fyObk_gXmKwC&dq=%22Le+Petit+Ballon%22&pg=PA237 Trekking in the Vosges and Jura: the GR5, GR53 and other treks and walks]. Les Smith, Elizabeth Smith Cicerone Press Limited, 2006
[https://books.google.com/books?id=DP_2AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA64 Les plus beaux circuits en camping car 2014 Petit Futé (avec cartes, photos + avis des lecteurs)] Collectif, Petit Futé, Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette Petit Futé, Feb 7, 2014
[https://books.google.com/books?id=i1dnNYiwXUAC&pg=PA94 Alsace]. Hervé Lévy Petit Futé, 2009
[https://books.google.com/books?id=8AMaAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Le+Petit+Ballon%22 Alsace, Lorraine, Vosges]. Manufacture française des pneumatiques Michelin, Pneu Michelin, 1989

Category:Mountains of the Vosges

Category:One-thousanders of France

Category:Mountains of Haut-Rhin