Boucle du Lac Noir
Loop Walk
500
XP
about 2 h 49 min walking
1594 m
1281 m
969 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
564 m
Drop
564 m
Highest
1551 m
Lowest
983 m
Walking time
about 2 h 49 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 19% for 2670 m early on, comes down 16% for 850 m near the end.
Clockwise: Climbs 16% for 850 m early on, comes down 19% for 2670 m midway.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main descent: km 4.4–9.4, from 1551 m to 983 m.
How the 9.3 km splits
Flat
0.7 km
Climbing
1.2 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
2.7 km
Descending
2.0 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
1.6 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
1.2 km
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