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la Fontaine Salee

Loop Walk

500

XP

about 3 h 50 min walking

14.83 km
Loop
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1679 m

1417 m

1156 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

513 m

Drop

519 m

Highest

1643 m

Lowest

1168 m

Walking time

about 3 h 49 min

Which way round

Anticlockwise: Climbs 17% for 1120 m midway, comes down 16% for 1130 m midway.

Clockwise: Easy first 1.7 km, climbs 16% for 1130 m early on, comes down 17% for 1120 m midway.

Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (2.1 km at 10%+, 1.3 km of it 15%+) and come down 1.1 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.

Main descent: km 6.8–12.2, from 1642 m to 1245 m.

How the 14.8 km splits

Flat

2.1 km

Climbing

3.5 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

0.8 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

1.4 km

Descending

5.9 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

1.1 km

Campsites near the start

Camping La Save

2.1 km from the start · 4.7★ (222)

Aire de bivouac de Picherande

2.3 km from the start · 4.7★ (20)

Les Perce-Neige

4.7 km from the start · 4.6★ (51)

Aire de bivouac de Super-Besse

6.7 km from the start · 3.6★ (17)

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