Boucle de Plaine Joux
Loop Walk
500
XP
about 4 h 35 min walking
1378 m
1080 m
781 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
726 m
Drop
725 m
Highest
1337 m
Lowest
795 m
Walking time
about 4 h 35 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Easy first 1.0 km, climbs 16% for 730 m midway, comes down 19% for 1480 m early on.
Clockwise: Climbs 19% for 1480 m near the end, comes down 16% for 730 m midway.
Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (2.3 km at 10%+, 2.3 km of it 15%+) and come down 1.5 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 7.6–12.4, from 797 m to 1295 m.
How the 16.8 km splits
Flat
3.5 km
Climbing
4.0 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
2.3 km
Descending
5.5 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
1.5 km