Tour de la Lauzière

Loop Walk

1,500

XP

a 4-day route

78.48 km

Loop

2548 m

1616 m

684 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

5048 m

Drop

5031 m

Highest

2427 m

Lowest

725 m

Walking time

about 23 h 49 min

A 4-day route, walked in stages. 1,500 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.

Which way round

Anticlockwise: Climbs 23% for 2280 m midway, comes down 24% for 2250 m midway.

Clockwise: Easy first 1.2 km, climbs 24% for 2250 m midway, comes down 23% for 2280 m midway.

Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (9.3 km at 10%+, 9.3 km of it 15%+) and come down 3.8 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.

Main descent: km 32.7–39.0, from 1855 m to 726 m.

How the 77.0 km splits

Flat

10.0 km

Climbing

24.9 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

9.4 km

Descending

28.9 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

3.8 km