Château Richard
Loop Walk
500
XP
about 4 h 52 min walking
1517 m
961 m
405 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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Climb
1008 m
Drop
1006 m
Highest
1441 m
Lowest
430 m
Walking time
about 4 h 52 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Easy first 1.0 km, climbs 24% for 2200 m early on, comes down 21% for 820 m near the end.
Clockwise: Climbs 21% for 820 m early on, comes down 24% for 2200 m near the end.
Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (4.7 km at 10%+, 3.2 km of it 15%+) and come down 2.6 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 7.2–16.0, from 1439 m to 430 m.
How the 16.0 km splits
Flat
1.6 km
Climbing
1.2 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
1.5 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
3.2 km
Descending
5.9 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
1.1 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
1.5 km
Link it with other walks
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Sentier de la Croix du Signal
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