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Col de Chanrouge Lacs Merlet

Linear Trail

350

XP

about 1 h 27 min walking

4.87 km
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2545 m

2414 m

2284 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

289 m

Drop

238 m

Highest

2527 m

Lowest

2290 m

Walking time

about 1 h 27 min

Which way round

Uphill: Climbs 19% for 850 m early on, comes down 15% for 580 m early on.

Downhill: Easy first 1.5 km, climbs 15% for 580 m midway, comes down 19% for 850 m near the end.

Shown as the climb. Turn it round for the descent.

Main descent: km 1.0–3.4, from 2527 m to 2293 m.

How the 4.9 km splits

Flat

0.2 km

Climbing

0.7 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

1.4 km

Descending

1.8 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.2 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

0.6 km

Link it with other walks

Petit Mont-Blanc et Lacs Merlet

Starts here too · Shares 4.5 km of path · meets at km 0.0

25.7 km

2 Jours sur le Grand Tour de Tarentaise

Shares 4.5 km of path · meets at km 0.0

23.21 km

Gtt Traversée des 3 Vallées

Shares 4.1 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.1, 1.4…

64.98 km

Grand Tour de Tarentaise

Shares 1.6 km of path · meets at km 0.1, 0.5, 1.0…

377.89 km

Lacs Merlet

Crosses at km 4.5

4.49 km

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