Tour de l'Aiguille Noire
Loop Walk
700
XP
about 6 h 51 min walking
2732 m
2131 m
1531 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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Climb
1647 m
Drop
891 m
Highest
2650 m
Lowest
1557 m
Walking time
about 8 h 6 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 19% for 810 m near the end, comes down 17% for 2050 m midway.
Clockwise: Climbs 17% for 2050 m midway, comes down 19% for 810 m early on.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (5 km at 10%+, 3.8 km of it 15%+) and come down 1.4 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 15.7–19.3, from 1558 m to 2093 m.
How the 26.8 km splits
Flat
6.4 km
Climbing
8.2 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
1.2 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
3.8 km
Descending
5.9 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
1.4 km
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Grand Tour de Tarentaise
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