la Crète des Alpilles
Loop Walk
500
XP
about 3 h 55 min walking
473 m
268 m
64 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
389 m
Drop
391 m
Highest
390 m
Lowest
91 m
Walking time
about 3 h 55 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 6.9 km, climbs 24% for 620 m midway, comes down 14% for 350 m near the end.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 14% for 350 m early on, comes down 24% for 620 m midway.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.9 km at 10%+, 0.6 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.4 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 6.9–10.8, from 131 m to 389 m.
How the 16.4 km splits
Flat
7.0 km
Climbing
3.3 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.3 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.6 km
Descending
4.8 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.4 km