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Grande Traversée des Préalpes (Variante)

Linear Trail

700

XP

about 6 h 36 min walking

28.28 km
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2088 m

1375 m

662 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

567 m

Drop

2098 m

Highest

1991 m

Lowest

694 m

Walking time

about 6 h 36 min

Which way round

Downhill: Easy first 8.2 km, climbs 16% for 2430 m early on, comes down 21% for 1050 m early on.

Uphill: Climbs 21% for 1050 m near the end, comes down 16% for 2430 m midway.

Shown as the descent, the way a graded trail like this is ridden — the climb back up is usually the forest road.

Main descent: km 10.9–14.4, from 1492 m to 1077 m.

How the 28.3 km splits

Flat

5.2 km

Climbing

3.8 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

2.5 km

Descending

12.0 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

4.8 km

Link it with other walks

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Shares 7.1 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 9.9, 19.1

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Annot - le Fugeret par Roncahrel

Shares 6.8 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 7.5, 24.5

11.38 km

Sommet du Puy de Rent

Shares 2.3 km of path · meets at km 17.6, 19.1

13.69 km

le Clos Roubaud

Shares 2.2 km of path · meets at km 5.4

7.11 km

la Source de Combe Renard

Shares 1.6 km of path · meets at km 7.5

4.61 km

le Tour des Champons

Shares 1.5 km of path · meets at km 11.8

3.54 km

Pdipr 04

Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 1.0, 3.2, 6.1…

5158.48 km

la Chapelle Saint-Jean du Désert Depuis Annot

Crosses at km 7.5

9.63 km

la Crête de Serres Depuis Allons

Crosses at km 13.3

15.02 km

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