Tour des Lacs des Grandes Rousses
Loop Walk
1,000
XP
a 2-day route
2759 m
1902 m
1046 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
1743 m
Drop
1745 m
Highest
2642 m
Lowest
1085 m
Walking time
about 8 h 20 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: Climbs 20% for 2330 m near the end, comes down 21% for 2070 m midway.
Clockwise: Easy first 4.4 km, climbs 21% for 2070 m midway, comes down 20% for 2330 m early on.
Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (6.3 km at 10%+, 6.3 km of it 15%+) and come down 3.6 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 8.1–19.9, from 2639 m to 1085 m.
How the 27.1 km splits
Flat
2.5 km
Climbing
5.4 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
6.3 km
Descending
9.4 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
3.6 km