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le Rateau d Aussois

Linear Trail

500

XP

about 3 h 26 min walking

11.23 km
Linear
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2965 m

2449 m

1933 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

519 m

Drop

1384 m

Highest

2895 m

Lowest

1956 m

Walking time

about 3 h 26 min

Which way round

Downhill: Easy first 6.8 km, climbs 19% for 1100 m near the end, comes down 24% for 2200 m early on.

Uphill: Climbs 24% for 2200 m near the end, comes down 19% for 1100 m early on.

Shown as the descent, the way a graded trail like this is ridden — the climb back up is usually the forest road.

Main descent: km 0.0–2.3, from 2895 m to 2371 m.

How the 12.8 km splits

Flat

1.0 km

Climbing

3.3 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

1.5 km

Descending

2.4 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

4.6 km

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