Randonnee des Gorges d'Heric par le Col de Bardou
Loop Walk
500
XP
about 3 h 17 min walking
699 m
432 m
165 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.
Steep walk
Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
553 m
Drop
550 m
Highest
663 m
Lowest
177 m
Walking time
about 3 h 17 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 1.0 km, climbs 18% for 1300 m early on, comes down 27% for 650 m midway.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 27% for 650 m midway, comes down 18% for 1300 m near the end.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (2.9 km at 10%+, 2.2 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.9 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 1.0–4.9, from 188 m to 656 m.
How the 11.8 km splits
Flat
1.8 km
Climbing
1.5 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.7 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
2.2 km
Descending
4.8 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.2 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.7 km