les Crêtes du Sancy
Loop Walk
500
XP
about 4 h 52 min walking
1926 m
1476 m
1026 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
985 m
Drop
973 m
Highest
1865 m
Lowest
1046 m
Walking time
about 4 h 53 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 18% for 930 m near the end, comes down 16% for 3150 m midway.
Clockwise: Easy first 3.6 km, climbs 16% for 3150 m early on, comes down 18% for 930 m early on.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (4.3 km at 10%+, 4.3 km of it 15%+) and come down 2.1 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 3.6–8.4, from 1046 m to 1724 m.
How the 16.2 km splits
Flat
1.6 km
Climbing
2.7 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
4.2 km
Descending
5.6 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
2.1 km