Tour de la Grande Casse

Loop Walk

1,500

XP

a 3-day route

57.57 km

Loop

2845 m

2128 m

1410 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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Steep walk

Some very steep ground — marked on the map.

Climb

3149 m

Drop

3152 m

Highest

2747 m

Lowest

1443 m

Walking time

about 16 h 46 min

A 3-day route, walked in stages. 1,500 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.

Which way round

Anticlockwise: Easy first 1.3 km, climbs 23% for 2600 m early on, comes down 21% for 1500 m early on.

Clockwise: Easy first 5.5 km, climbs 21% for 1500 m midway, comes down 23% for 2600 m near the end.

Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (8 km at 10%+, 8 km of it 15%+) and come down 2.7 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.

Main descent: km 38.2–49.0, from 2646 m to 1569 m.

How the 57.6 km splits

Flat

10.9 km

Climbing

13.5 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

8.0 km

Descending

22.5 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

2.7 km