Circuit des Lacs des Ménuires
Loop Walk
500
XP
about 4 h 4 min walking
2589 m
2149 m
1709 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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Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
811 m
Drop
819 m
Highest
2529 m
Lowest
1729 m
Walking time
about 4 h 4 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 20% for 1300 m early on, comes down 17% for 1320 m midway.
Clockwise: Easy first 1.5 km, climbs 17% for 1320 m midway, comes down 20% for 1300 m near the end.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main descent: km 5.5–12.1, from 2529 m to 1734 m.
How the 13.6 km splits
Flat
0.6 km
Climbing
3.9 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
2.4 km
Descending
3.8 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.7 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
2.3 km