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Sentier de l'Espoir

Linear Trail

700

XP

about 5 h 26 min walking

15.76 km
Linear
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1841 m

1505 m

1169 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

1182 m

Drop

1126 m

Highest

1795 m

Lowest

1183 m

Walking time

about 5 h 26 min

Which way round

Uphill: Climbs 35% for 1750 m near the end, comes down 21% for 1850 m near the end.

Downhill: Easy first 1.8 km, climbs 21% for 1850 m early on, comes down 35% for 1750 m early on.

Shown as the climb. Turn it round for the descent.

Main climb: km 15.5–17.3, from 1184 m to 1795 m.

How the 17.3 km splits

Flat

3.9 km

Climbing

3.7 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

2.5 km

Descending

3.2 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

4.0 km

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