Circuit de Beche
Loop Walk
700
XP
about 5 h 51 min walking
1053 m
773 m
494 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
830 m
Drop
831 m
Highest
1010 m
Lowest
508 m
Walking time
about 5 h 51 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 4.3 km, climbs 16% for 550 m near the end, comes down 20% for 250 m early on.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 20% for 250 m near the end, comes down 16% for 550 m early on.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (1.8 km at 10%+, 1.3 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.7 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 15.9–20.8, from 610 m to 1009 m.
How the 22.4 km splits
Flat
4.3 km
Climbing
7.0 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.5 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
1.3 km
Descending
8.5 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.4 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.3 km
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Circuit des Bruyeres
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Circuit 2 du Mont Saint-Rigaud
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