le Lac de la Vélière
Loop Walk
500
XP
about 3 h 49 min walking
2461 m
1954 m
1447 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
898 m
Drop
916 m
Highest
2392 m
Lowest
1470 m
Walking time
about 3 h 49 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 24% for 1910 m near the end, comes down 25% for 2570 m midway.
Anticlockwise: Easy first 2.0 km, climbs 25% for 2570 m early on, comes down 24% for 1910 m early on.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main descent: km 3.6–9.6, from 2391 m to 1471 m.
How the 11.6 km splits
Flat
0.5 km
Climbing
2.0 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
3.4 km
Descending
2.4 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
3.3 km