Tour de la Pointe du Chardonnet
Loop Walk
700
XP
about 5 h 28 min walking
2691 m
2392 m
2092 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
792 m
Drop
1131 m
Highest
2650 m
Lowest
2105 m
Walking time
about 4 h 54 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 1.6 km, climbs 19% for 1420 m near the end, comes down 49% for 1080 m midway.
Anticlockwise: Easy first 5.9 km, climbs 49% for 1080 m midway, comes down 19% for 1420 m early on.
Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (2.7 km at 10%+, 2.7 km of it 15%+) and come down 2.9 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 2.5–5.9, from 2481 m to 2109 m.
How the 17.9 km splits
Flat
2.6 km
Climbing
3.9 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
2.7 km
Descending
5.9 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
1.5 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
1.4 km
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