Tour Bostan / la Golèse
Loop Walk
500
XP
about 3 h 10 min walking
1851 m
1470 m
1089 m
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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.
Steep walk
Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
687 m
Drop
694 m
Highest
1799 m
Lowest
1106 m
Walking time
about 3 h 10 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Easy first 1.4 km, climbs 15% for 1350 m early on, comes down 17% for 2090 m near the end.
Clockwise: Climbs 17% for 2090 m early on, comes down 15% for 1350 m midway.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (3.3 km at 10%+, 3.3 km of it 15%+) and come down 2.8 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 3.5–8.7, from 1799 m to 1106 m.
How the 10.1 km splits
Flat
0.6 km
Climbing
1.4 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
3.3 km
Descending
2.1 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
1.3 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
1.4 km
les Sentiers de la Contrebande
Shares 8.0 km of path · meets at km 2.7, 10.116.91 km
Refuge de Bostan
Shares 4.3 km of path · meets at km 8.74.46 km
Refuge et Col de la Golèse
Shares 4.2 km of path · meets at km 3.2, 10.14.28 km
Tour de la Montagne des Suets
Shares 1.2 km of path · meets at km 9.911.25 km
Tête et Col de Bostan
Shares 0.9 km of path · meets at km 4.67.92 km