Col de Malval / Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid
Loop Walk
450
XP
about 2 h 45 min walking
821 m
611 m
401 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
400 m
Drop
391 m
Highest
792 m
Lowest
411 m
Walking time
about 2 h 45 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 16% for 1220 m early on, comes down 13% for 550 m near the end.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 13% for 550 m early on, comes down 16% for 1220 m midway.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (1.2 km at 10%+, 1.2 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.8 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 0.5–5.7, from 413 m to 790 m.
How the 10.4 km splits
Flat
1.4 km
Climbing
3.0 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
1.2 km
Descending
4.0 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.6 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.2 km