l'Alpe de Villar d'Arêne
Loop Walk
450
XP
about 2 h 12 min walking
2101 m
1903 m
1704 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
341 m
Drop
358 m
Highest
2074 m
Lowest
1713 m
Walking time
about 2 h 12 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 20% for 730 m near the end, comes down 20% for 780 m midway.
Anticlockwise: Easy first 1.5 km, climbs 20% for 780 m early on, comes down 20% for 730 m early on.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main descent: km 4.4–6.6, from 1960 m to 1716 m.
How the 8.1 km splits
Flat
1.5 km
Climbing
1.3 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
1.5 km
Descending
2.4 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
1.3 km
Link it with other walks
Eldorado ! la Boucle du Plan de l'Alpe
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les Sources de la Romanche
Shares 5.3 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 4.711.3 km
le Refuge et le Lac du Pavé
Shares 5.2 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 2.311.11 km
le Refuge Adèle Planchard
Shares 5.2 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.1, 2.311.65 km
Du Lautaret à l'Alpe de Villar d'Arène par le Sentier des Crevasses
Shares 1.4 km of path · meets at km 0.56.46 km
le Cirque d'Arsine par le Sentier des Crevasses
Shares 0.6 km of path · meets at km 0.510.55 km