Tour de la Vallaisonnay
Loop Walk
700
XP
about 6 h 55 min walking
2720 m
2126 m
1531 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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Climb
1424 m
Drop
1425 m
Highest
2639 m
Lowest
1558 m
Walking time
about 6 h 55 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 21% for 1180 m midway, comes down 23% for 2570 m near the end.
Clockwise: Climbs 23% for 2570 m early on, comes down 21% for 1180 m early on.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (4.2 km at 10%+, 4.2 km of it 15%+) and come down 3.1 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 12.5–22.7, from 2638 m to 1558 m.
How the 22.7 km splits
Flat
1.8 km
Climbing
5.2 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
4.2 km
Descending
8.5 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
3.1 km
Link it with other walks
Tour de la Pointe Vallaisonnay
Shares 14.0 km of path · meets at km 8.8, 10.9, 17.8…33.41 km
Col de la Grassaz
Shares 8.4 km of path · meets at km 1.9, 17.8, 21.7…10.07 km
Tour de Bellecôte
Shares 7.7 km of path · meets at km 8.8, 22.737.64 km
Col du Palet
Starts here too · Shares 7.4 km of path · meets at km 1.9, 17.8, 22.2…11.77 km
Du Refuge du Bois à Champagny-le-Haut vers le Col du Palet, sur le Sentier des Glaciers
Starts here too · Shares 7.4 km of path · meets at km 1.9, 17.8, 22.2…12.11 km
Tour de la Grande Casse
Shares 7.3 km of path · meets at km 1.9, 17.8, 22.2…57.57 km
Gtt Traversée de la Vanoise
Shares 7.1 km of path · meets at km 1.8, 16.9, 17.8…62.3 km
Sentier Glaciologique
Shares 6.1 km of path · meets at km 1.9, 16.9, 21.7…7.47 km
Du Refuge de Plaisance au Refuge de la Glière
Shares 5.6 km of path · meets at km 4.2, 18.7, 19.6…6.93 km
Refuge de Plaisance et le Col de Plan Séry
Shares 5.6 km of path · meets at km 7.4, 22.46.12 km