Boucle des Cascades
Loop Walk
450
XP
about 2 h 5 min walking
1949 m
1720 m
1492 m
Move along the chart to follow it on the map
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
402 m
Drop
411 m
Highest
1918 m
Lowest
1502 m
Walking time
about 2 h 5 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 3.0 km, climbs 17% for 700 m midway, comes down 17% for 1420 m early on.
Anticlockwise: Easy first 4.1 km, climbs 17% for 1420 m midway, comes down 17% for 700 m midway.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main descent: km 0.0–3.0, from 1917 m to 1503 m.
How the 7.1 km splits
Flat
0.6 km
Climbing
1.6 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.3 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
1.6 km
Descending
0.8 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
2.2 km