le Chemin des Roches
Loop Walk
600
XP
about 5 h 4 min walking
1321 m
1064 m
808 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
578 m
Drop
575 m
Highest
1167 m
Lowest
859 m
Walking time
about 5 h 4 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 3.9 km, climbs 16% for 670 m early on, comes down 18% for 300 m near the end.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 18% for 300 m early on, comes down 16% for 670 m near the end.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (1.3 km at 10%+, 1.1 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.6 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 3.9–10.3, from 862 m to 1135 m.
How the 20.5 km splits
Flat
5.7 km
Climbing
5.5 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.2 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
1.1 km
Descending
7.5 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.3 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.3 km