Circuit des 4 Châteaux
Loop Walk
700
XP
about 6 h 36 min walking
859 m
563 m
267 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
1121 m
Drop
1123 m
Highest
799 m
Lowest
287 m
Walking time
about 6 h 36 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 21% for 770 m early on, comes down 16% for 750 m near the end.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 16% for 750 m early on, comes down 21% for 770 m near the end.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (3.1 km at 10%+, 3.1 km of it 15%+) and come down 1.3 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 15.9–20.1, from 288 m to 673 m.
How the 23.7 km splits
Flat
3.3 km
Climbing
6.8 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
3.1 km
Descending
9.2 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
1.3 km
Château des Allymes et Mont Luisandre
Shares 13.8 km of path · meets at km 3.9, 6.4, 14.918.32 km
les Granges de Luisandre
Shares 5.6 km of path · meets at km 8.7, 14.911.83 km
Des Grangeons au Lac Bleu
Shares 3.8 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 21.37.45 km
Des Brosses au Château des Allymes
Shares 2.5 km of path · meets at km 3.37.89 km
le Tour des Brosses
Shares 1.2 km of path · meets at km 2.25.08 km
Circuit des Quatre Communes
Shares 0.6 km of path · meets at km 5.716.95 km