Tour des Crêtes de Bellevaux

Loop Walk

1,500

XP

a 4-day route

60.6 km

Loop

2005 m

1374 m

743 m

Scroll along the route · tap the chart to find a point on the map

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.

Navigate to the start

Google Maps

Apple Maps

Waze

Weather at the start

Steep walk

Some very steep ground — marked on the map.

Climb

4269 m

Drop

4271 m

Highest

1920 m

Lowest

772 m

Walking time

about 19 h 44 min

A 4-day route, walked in stages. 1,500 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.

Which way round

Anticlockwise: Climbs 30% for 1500 m near the end, comes down 20% for 2780 m midway.

Clockwise: Climbs 20% for 2780 m midway, comes down 30% for 1500 m early on.

Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (7.1 km at 10%+, 7.1 km of it 15%+) and come down 3.4 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.

Main climb: km 14.4–20.3, from 782 m to 1586 m.

How the 63.1 km splits

Flat

6.2 km

Climbing

19.9 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

7.1 km

Descending

26.5 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

3.4 km