Boucle du Pigeonnier dans le Cirque du Gioberney
Loop Walk
500
XP
about 3 h 16 min walking
2505 m
2065 m
1626 m
Move along the chart to follow it on the map
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.
Steep walk
Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
799 m
Drop
788 m
Highest
2445 m
Lowest
1646 m
Walking time
about 3 h 16 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Easy first 4.5 km, climbs 20% for 3620 m midway, comes down 21% for 1000 m early on.
Clockwise: Easy first 5.2 km, climbs 21% for 1000 m midway, comes down 20% for 3620 m early on.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main climb: km 4.5–9.1, from 1646 m to 2440 m.
How the 9.7 km splits
Flat
0.4 km
Climbing
1.1 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
3.6 km
Descending
1.0 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
3.5 km