les Cascades
Loop Walk
500
XP
about 4 h 38 min walking
1778 m
1383 m
988 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
824 m
Drop
827 m
Highest
1725 m
Lowest
1005 m
Walking time
about 4 h 38 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Easy first 7.0 km, climbs 18% for 1480 m near the end, comes down 18% for 1180 m early on.
Clockwise: Climbs 18% for 1180 m near the end, comes down 18% for 1480 m early on.
Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (3.5 km at 10%+, 3.5 km of it 15%+) and come down 1.8 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 9.2–13.9, from 1115 m to 1724 m.
How the 16.3 km splits
Flat
1.9 km
Climbing
2.9 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
3.5 km
Descending
6.2 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
1.8 km