Col de Villonet par le Balais
Linear Trail
500
XP
about 3 h 15 min walking
2506 m
2104 m
1702 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.
Steep walk
Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
797 m
Drop
968 m
Highest
2451 m
Lowest
1720 m
Walking time
about 3 h 15 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 26% for 1900 m early on, comes down 38% for 1200 m early on.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 38% for 1200 m midway, comes down 26% for 1900 m near the end.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main descent: km 2.4–6.5, from 2450 m to 1725 m.
How the 9.6 km splits
Flat
0.3 km
Climbing
1.4 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
3.0 km
Descending
2.0 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
3.0 km