Circuit du Cucheron

Loop Walk

700

XP

about 5 h 49 min walking

17.49 km

Loop

1381 m

1118 m

855 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

1061 m

Drop

1056 m

Highest

1345 m

Lowest

866 m

Walking time

about 5 h 49 min

Which way round

Anticlockwise: Easy first 1.2 km, climbs 20% for 1850 m early on, comes down 21% for 1200 m near the end.

Clockwise: Climbs 21% for 1200 m early on, comes down 20% for 1850 m near the end.

Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (3.3 km at 10%+, 3.3 km of it 15%+) and come down 2.1 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.

Main descent: km 10.7–14.8, from 1279 m to 901 m.

How the 20.3 km splits

Flat

3.6 km

Climbing

4.0 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

3.3 km

Descending

7.3 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

2.1 km