Col de la Boucharde
Loop Walk
500
XP
about 4 h 52 min walking
2587 m
2225 m
1864 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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Climb
905 m
Drop
901 m
Highest
2538 m
Lowest
1879 m
Walking time
about 4 h 52 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 21% for 2030 m midway, comes down 13% for 1630 m midway.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 13% for 1630 m early on, comes down 21% for 2030 m midway.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (3.8 km at 10%+, 2.9 km of it 15%+) and come down 2.9 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 10.2–16.7, from 2538 m to 1880 m.
How the 16.8 km splits
Flat
1.4 km
Climbing
2.7 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.9 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
2.9 km
Descending
6.0 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
2.4 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.5 km
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