Entre Loire et Lignon
Loop Walk
500
XP
about 4 h 21 min walking
887 m
657 m
427 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
396 m
Drop
401 m
Highest
751 m
Lowest
472 m
Walking time
about 4 h 21 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 17% for 350 m early on, comes down 16% for 550 m near the end.
Clockwise: Climbs 16% for 550 m early on, comes down 17% for 350 m near the end.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.9 km at 10%+, 0.9 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.8 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 13.7–17.5, from 751 m to 481 m.
How the 18.4 km splits
Flat
7.7 km
Climbing
4.2 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.9 km
Descending
5.0 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.3 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.3 km