les Balcons de Vars
Linear Trail
400
XP
about 2 h 6 min walking
2273 m
2077 m
1881 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
335 m
Drop
405 m
Highest
2246 m
Lowest
1890 m
Walking time
about 2 h 6 min
Which way round
Downhill: Easy first 4.3 km, climbs 26% for 1000 m midway, comes down 20% for 1050 m midway.
Uphill: Easy first 3.4 km, climbs 20% for 1050 m midway, comes down 26% for 1000 m early on.
Shown as the descent, the way a graded trail like this is ridden — the climb back up is usually the forest road.
Main descent: km 0.6–4.3, from 2238 m to 1890 m.
How the 7.7 km splits
Flat
1.2 km
Climbing
1.6 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
1.0 km
Descending
2.6 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
1.3 km
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