Traversée de la Tête du Vuargne
Loop Walk
250
XP
about 54 min walking
1819 m
1740 m
1661 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.
Steep walk
Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
136 m
Drop
143 m
Highest
1808 m
Lowest
1665 m
Walking time
about 54 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 1.2 km, climbs 30% for 450 m midway, comes down 15% for 420 m near the end.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 15% for 420 m early on, comes down 30% for 450 m midway.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.5 km at 10%+, 0.5 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.7 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 1.2–1.9, from 1667 m to 1806 m.
How the 3.4 km splits
Flat
0.8 km
Climbing
0.4 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.5 km
Descending
1.0 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.7 km