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Lac de Bourdouze

Loop Walk

500

XP

about 4 h 11 min walking

17.36 km
Loop
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1335 m

1118 m

901 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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Steep walk

Some very steep ground — marked on the map.

Climb

422 m

Drop

424 m

Highest

1222 m

Lowest

938 m

Walking time

about 4 h 11 min

Which way round

Clockwise: Easy first 3.0 km, climbs 13% for 550 m midway, comes down 17% for 400 m midway.

Anticlockwise: Easy first 6.7 km, climbs 17% for 400 m midway, comes down 13% for 550 m early on.

Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.

Main descent: km 8.4–10.7, from 1186 m to 938 m.

How the 17.4 km splits

Flat

7.6 km

Climbing

4.0 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

0.8 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

0.2 km

Descending

3.7 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.3 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

0.8 km

Campsites near the start

GCU Compains

3.5 km from the start · 3.4★ (12)

Aire de bivouac de Super-Besse

6.9 km from the start · 3.6★ (17)

CAMPING L'OMBRAGE

8.5 km from the start · 4.5★ (279)

Charmy Marie-Christine L'Ombrage

8.5 km from the start · 3.5★ (2)

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