Refuge de Belmont
Loop Walk
500
XP
about 2 h 50 min walking
2361 m
2060 m
1759 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
543 m
Drop
552 m
Highest
2320 m
Lowest
1773 m
Walking time
about 2 h 50 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 15% for 2950 m midway, comes down 18% for 2200 m early on.
Clockwise: Easy first 4.0 km, climbs 18% for 2200 m midway, comes down 15% for 2950 m early on.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main descent: km 1.7–5.7, from 2317 m to 1773 m.
How the 9.7 km splits
Flat
1.2 km
Climbing
0.9 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.5 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
2.9 km
Descending
1.4 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.6 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
2.2 km