les Grandes Platières
Loop Walk
500
XP
about 3 h 50 min walking
2540 m
2061 m
1582 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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Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
859 m
Drop
867 m
Highest
2475 m
Lowest
1604 m
Walking time
about 3 h 50 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 16% for 3720 m early on, comes down 25% for 1430 m near the end.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 25% for 1430 m early on, comes down 16% for 3720 m midway.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main descent: km 6.8–12.0, from 2473 m to 1644 m.
How the 12.0 km splits
Flat
0.3 km
Climbing
2.9 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.3 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
3.7 km
Descending
0.9 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
3.8 km
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