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les Cascades

Loop Walk

500

XP

about 4 h 38 min walking

16.24 km
Loop
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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.

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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

Link it with other walks

les Crêtes du Sancy

Shares 1.5 km of path · meets at km 8.3

16.22 km

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