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Petit Balcon Sud Depuis Merlet Jusqu'aux Tines - Petit Balcon Sud des Tines à Argentière

Linear Trail

500

XP

about 3 h 26 min walking

13.36 km
Linear
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1566 m

1337 m

1109 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

412 m

Drop

700 m

Highest

1535 m

Lowest

1119 m

Walking time

about 3 h 26 min

Which way round

Downhill: Easy first 2.4 km, climbs 15% for 450 m near the end, comes down 18% for 1730 m early on.

Uphill: Climbs 18% for 1730 m near the end, comes down 15% for 450 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 0.0–2.4, from 1535 m to 1138 m.

How the 13.7 km splits

Flat

2.6 km

Climbing

3.5 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

0.3 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

0.8 km

Descending

4.1 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

2.4 km

Link it with other walks

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Shares 8.9 km of path · meets at km 0.0

10.23 km

Petit Balcon Sud les Tines les Bossons

Shares 6.0 km of path · meets at km 2.0, 3.9, 5.3

10.29 km

Charlanon - Floria

Shares 1.6 km of path · meets at km 6.5

10.45 km

Refuge de Bellachat Depuis le Crétet

Shares 0.8 km of path · meets at km 3.2

7.58 km

Pdipr74_3630ot

Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 9.2, 9.7

5.75 km

Sentier du Boursolet et de la Borgeatte

Shares 0.4 km of path · meets at km 4.0

3.03 km

Bretelles du Petit Balcon Sud (Sentier de Lioutraz)

Shares 0.4 km of path · meets at km 12.1

0.46 km

Bretelles d'Accès au Petit Balcon Sud (Sentier Cd29)

Shares 0.3 km of path · meets at km 5.3

0.85 km

Merlet Depuis le Couloir de Lappaz Jusqu'à Merlet

Starts here too · Crosses at km 0.0

0.42 km

Sentier des Epinettes

Crosses at km 1.1

1.5 km

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