Grand Tour de Sourroque
Loop Walk
1,000
XP
a 2-day route
1301 m
834 m
367 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
1260 m
Drop
1263 m
Highest
1237 m
Lowest
388 m
Walking time
about 8 h 34 min
A 2-day route, walked in stages. 1,000 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 1.7 km, climbs 19% for 1420 m midway, comes down 22% for 1180 m near the end.
Anticlockwise: Easy first 6.9 km, climbs 22% for 1180 m early on, comes down 19% for 1420 m midway.
Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (3.7 km at 10%+, 3.7 km of it 15%+) and come down 2 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 12.9–19.1, from 1231 m to 582 m.
How the 32.3 km splits
Flat
10.9 km
Climbing
5.8 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
3.7 km
Descending
10.0 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
2.0 km
Chemin de la Liberté
Shares 4.8 km of path · meets at km 22.0, 27.0, 30.316.7 km
Encausse Chemin des Papetiers
Shares 2.7 km of path · meets at km 5.88.15 km
Sur les Hauteurs de Saint-Girons
Starts here too · Shares 2.6 km of path · meets at km 2.2, 32.36.4 km
Sur le Chemin de Mirolabach
Shares 2.1 km of path · meets at km 30.33.67 km
les Rives du Salat
Starts here too · Shares 1.6 km of path · meets at km 1.9, 32.32.41 km
En Creux et en Bosses - Massif de Sourroque
Shares 0.4 km of path · meets at km 27.43.77 km
Liaison St Girons - St Lizier par la Chapelle de Marsan
Crosses at km 1.84.61 km