la Cabane des Grands Plans
Loop Walk
450
XP
about 2 h 27 min walking
2300 m
2009 m
1719 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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Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
537 m
Drop
525 m
Highest
2260 m
Lowest
1732 m
Walking time
about 2 h 27 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Easy first 3.3 km, climbs 21% for 2430 m midway, comes down 18% for 1530 m early on.
Clockwise: Climbs 18% for 1530 m near the end, comes down 21% for 2430 m early on.
Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (2.4 km at 10%+, 2.4 km of it 15%+) and come down 2.2 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 3.3–5.9, from 1732 m to 2254 m.
How the 7.8 km splits
Flat
0.4 km
Climbing
0.3 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
2.4 km
Descending
2.5 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.7 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
1.5 km