Route du Sel et des Fromages
Linear Trail
700
XP
about 8 h walking
2616 m
1944 m
1272 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
1472 m
Drop
1580 m
Highest
2524 m
Lowest
1303 m
Walking time
about 8 h
Which way round
Downhill: Climbs 19% for 2850 m early on, comes down 22% for 1950 m near the end.
Uphill: Easy first 1.6 km, climbs 22% for 1950 m early on, comes down 19% for 2850 m near the end.
Shown as the descent, the way a graded trail like this is ridden — the climb back up is usually the forest road.
Main climb: km 0.0–8.3, from 1414 m to 2524 m.
How the 27.7 km splits
Flat
5.6 km
Climbing
6.7 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
4.2 km
Descending
5.5 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
5.8 km
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