les Crêtes
Loop Walk
500
XP
about 3 h 13 min walking
2245 m
1917 m
1589 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
653 m
Drop
655 m
Highest
2200 m
Lowest
1604 m
Walking time
about 3 h 12 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 22% for 500 m early on, comes down 19% for 1300 m midway.
Anticlockwise: Easy first 1.5 km, climbs 19% for 1300 m early on, comes down 22% for 500 m near the end.
Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (2.7 km at 10%+, 2.3 km of it 15%+) and come down 1.4 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 1.5–5.6, from 1606 m to 2200 m.
How the 10.6 km splits
Flat
0.5 km
Climbing
1.9 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.4 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
2.3 km
Descending
4.2 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.9 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.5 km
Link it with other walks
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les Bois de Flaine
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Lac de Flaine
Shares 4.2 km of path · meets at km 3.4, 10.68.44 km
les Hauts Lacs
Starts here too · Shares 3.7 km of path · meets at km 3.4, 7.2, 9.5…9.18 km
Refuges de Platé et de Sales
Shares 2.1 km of path · meets at km 2.919.26 km
les Grandes Platières
Shares 2.1 km of path · meets at km 2.911.59 km
Sentier de l'Alpage
Shares 2.1 km of path · meets at km 2.97.11 km
Boucle "l'Alpage et son Histoire"
Shares 2.0 km of path · meets at km 2.84.8 km
Boucle de l'Arbaron
Shares 0.8 km of path · meets at km 9.65.19 km