Montagne de Tête
Loop Walk
500
XP
about 3 h 5 min walking
1961 m
1646 m
1331 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
569 m
Drop
559 m
Highest
1918 m
Lowest
1345 m
Walking time
about 3 h 5 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 5.3 km, climbs 16% for 1620 m midway, comes down 18% for 780 m early on.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 18% for 780 m midway, comes down 16% for 1620 m early on.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (2.7 km at 10%+, 2.7 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 5.3–9.5, from 1345 m to 1916 m.
How the 10.7 km splits
Flat
1.2 km
Climbing
1.3 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
2.7 km
Descending
3.3 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
1.4 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.8 km
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