Balcon et Refuge du Carro
Loop Walk
700
XP
about 6 h 23 min walking
2838 m
2304 m
1770 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
1210 m
Drop
531 m
Highest
2765 m
Lowest
1794 m
Walking time
about 6 h 23 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 17% for 2870 m near the end, comes down 22% for 650 m midway.
Clockwise: Climbs 22% for 650 m midway, comes down 17% for 2870 m early on.
Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (4.1 km at 10%+, 2.9 km of it 15%+) and come down 1.8 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 16.4–21.0, from 2123 m to 2760 m.
How the 21.9 km splits
Flat
5.4 km
Climbing
7.3 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
1.2 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
2.9 km
Descending
3.3 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.6 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
1.2 km
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