Circuit du Grand Palier
Loop Walk
400
XP
about 2 h 29 min walking
1178 m
982 m
786 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
388 m
Drop
381 m
Highest
1151 m
Lowest
795 m
Walking time
about 2 h 29 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 17% for 250 m early on, comes down 16% for 950 m near the end.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 16% for 950 m early on, comes down 17% for 250 m near the end.
Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (1.5 km at 10%+, 1.2 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.5 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 4.5–9.2, from 1120 m to 804 m.
How the 9.2 km splits
Flat
1.0 km
Climbing
1.9 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.3 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
1.2 km
Descending
4.3 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.2 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.3 km