Boucle de Saint-Alban
Loop Walk
300
XP
about 1 h 44 min walking
1299 m
1198 m
1096 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
193 m
Drop
196 m
Highest
1285 m
Lowest
1101 m
Walking time
about 1 h 44 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Easy first 2.0 km, climbs 16% for 400 m midway, comes down 15% for 830 m near the end.
Clockwise: Climbs 15% for 830 m early on, comes down 16% for 400 m midway.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.8 km at 10%+, 0.8 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.4 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 0.0–1.7, from 1109 m to 1270 m.
How the 7.1 km splits
Flat
1.5 km
Climbing
1.5 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.8 km
Descending
2.8 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.4 km