Tour de la Pointe de l'Échelle

Loop Walk

1,000

XP

a 2-day route

33.49 km

Loop

2990 m

2461 m

1932 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

2686 m

Drop

2685 m

Highest

2918 m

Lowest

1956 m

Walking time

about 11 h 40 min

A 2-day route, walked in stages. 1,000 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.

Which way round

Anticlockwise: Climbs 25% for 3250 m midway, comes down 23% for 3050 m near the end.

Clockwise: Easy first 2.3 km, climbs 23% for 3050 m early on, comes down 25% for 3250 m early on.

Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (8.6 km at 10%+, 8.6 km of it 15%+) and come down 5.2 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.

Main climb: km 26.4–30.9, from 1970 m to 2913 m.

How the 35.9 km splits

Flat

4.0 km

Climbing

6.1 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

8.6 km

Descending

12.0 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

5.3 km