Tour de l'Aiguilles Rousses
Loop Walk
500
XP
about 3 h 30 min walking
2444 m
1955 m
1467 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
878 m
Drop
890 m
Highest
2377 m
Lowest
1489 m
Walking time
about 3 h 30 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 21% for 1400 m early on, comes down 19% for 1720 m midway.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 19% for 1720 m early on, comes down 21% for 1400 m near the end.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main descent: km 5.5–10.2, from 2377 m to 1498 m.
How the 10.2 km splits
Flat
0.4 km
Climbing
1.9 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
3.2 km
Descending
0.8 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
3.9 km
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