Tour de Haute Maurienne Vanoise

Loop Walk

4,000

XP

a 11-day route

151.62 km

Loop

2873 m

2020 m

1166 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

10256 m

Drop

10123 m

Highest

2765 m

Lowest

1205 m

Walking time

about 61 h 43 min

A 11-day route, walked in stages. 4,000 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.

Which way round

Clockwise: Easy first 149.1 km, climbs 23% for 1920 m early on, comes down 19% for 2850 m early on.

Anticlockwise: Climbs 19% for 2850 m near the end, comes down 23% for 1920 m near the end.

Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (11.6 km at 10%+, 11.6 km of it 15%+) and come down 1.9 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.

Main descent: km 73.6–74.0, from 2465 m to 2327 m.

How the 223.1 km splits

Flat

54.8 km

Climbing

73.4 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

11.6 km

Descending

81.1 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

1.9 km