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Sentier des Gardes

Linear Trail

450

XP

about 2 h 34 min walking

9.27 km
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1742 m

1626 m

1511 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

431 m

Drop

483 m

Highest

1705 m

Lowest

1523 m

Walking time

about 2 h 34 min

Which way round

Downhill: Easy first 2.0 km, climbs 20% for 330 m midway, comes down 18% for 470 m early on.

Uphill: Climbs 18% for 470 m near the end, comes down 20% for 330 m midway.

Shown as the descent, the way a graded trail like this is ridden — the climb back up is usually the forest road.

Main climb: km 4.8–6.4, from 1525 m to 1685 m.

How the 9.3 km splits

Flat

0.8 km

Climbing

3.7 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

0.6 km

Descending

2.7 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

1.5 km

Link it with other walks

Charlanon - Floria

Shares 2.1 km of path · meets at km 1.9

10.45 km

la Charlanon (Depuis le Croisement avec le Cd29 Via la Prise d'Eau de l'Usine Edf des Nants)

Shares 0.6 km of path · meets at km 4.0, 4.6

1.78 km

la Charlanon (Depuis le Petit Balcon Sud (Croisement du Sentier Venant des Praz))

Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 3.6

2.94 km

Planpraz Depuis le Sommet du Savoy (par Sentier dit en Lacets)

Shares 0.4 km of path · meets at km 7.0

4.25 km

Bois de la Trappe Depuis la Joux

Starts here too

1.03 km

Bois de la Trappe Depuis la Chavanne (Trappe)

Crosses at km 0.0

1.13 km

Bois de la Trappe Depuis tré le Champ

Crosses at km 0.0

4.27 km

Sentier Raccord entre les Tines et le Sentier des Gardes

Crosses at km 0.7

1.28 km

Sentier des Marocains

Crosses at km 1.7

1.38 km

la Flégère (Depuis le Petit Balcon Sud (Couloir des Lanchers) Via Praz des Violles)

Crosses at km 1.9

3.59 km

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