Des Forêts aux Prairies
Loop Walk
450
XP
about 2 h 20 min walking
1450 m
1272 m
1093 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
344 m
Drop
350 m
Highest
1426 m
Lowest
1101 m
Walking time
about 2 h 19 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Easy first 1.7 km, climbs 22% for 400 m early on, comes down 16% for 1020 m early on.
Clockwise: Climbs 16% for 1020 m near the end, comes down 22% for 400 m near the end.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (1.8 km at 10%+, 1.8 km of it 15%+) and come down 1.2 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 3.6–7.0, from 1393 m to 1104 m.
How the 8.7 km splits
Flat
1.3 km
Climbing
1.5 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
1.8 km
Descending
2.9 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.8 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.4 km
Link it with other walks
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Prés de Fauche et Villages
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Sentier Balcon des Adrets de Tarentaise
Shares 0.8 km of path · meets at km 7.745.12 km
Sentier des 3 Villages
Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 5.84.69 km