Montrichet Grande Boucle
Loop Walk
500
XP
about 2 h 50 min walking
1715 m
1454 m
1193 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
514 m
Drop
533 m
Highest
1679 m
Lowest
1205 m
Walking time
about 2 h 48 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 2.3 km, climbs 14% for 730 m midway, comes down 27% for 700 m near the end.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 27% for 700 m early on, comes down 14% for 730 m midway.
Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (2.2 km at 10%+, 1.6 km of it 15%+) and come down 1.4 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 3.0–7.5, from 1631 m to 1207 m.
How the 9.8 km splits
Flat
0.7 km
Climbing
2.0 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.6 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
1.6 km
Descending
3.5 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
1.2 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.2 km
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