Autour des Aiguilles d'Arves

Linear Trail

1,000

XP

a 2-day route

31 km

Linear

2684 m

1941 m

1198 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

1689 m

Drop

1698 m

Highest

2584 m

Lowest

1232 m

Walking time

about 9 h 1 min

A 2-day route, walked in stages. 1,000 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.

Which way round

Anticlockwise: Easy first 5.5 km, climbs 21% for 2020 m midway, comes down 16% for 1530 m midway.

Clockwise: Climbs 16% for 1530 m early on, comes down 21% for 2020 m midway.

Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (5.8 km at 10%+, 5.8 km of it 15%+) and come down 2.1 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.

Main climb: km 9.2–19.0, from 1317 m to 2581 m.

How the 31.0 km splits

Flat

3.6 km

Climbing

6.2 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

5.8 km

Descending

13.2 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

2.1 km