le Tour de la Pique
Linear Trail
500
XP
about 2 h 55 min walking
866 m
666 m
465 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
526 m
Drop
529 m
Highest
839 m
Lowest
474 m
Walking time
about 2 h 55 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Easy first 1.2 km, climbs 15% for 610 m midway, comes down 24% for 1120 m near the end.
Clockwise: Climbs 24% for 1120 m early on, comes down 15% for 610 m midway.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (1.9 km at 10%+, 1.9 km of it 15%+) and come down 1.4 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 4.7–9.0, from 839 m to 480 m.
How the 10.2 km splits
Flat
1.2 km
Climbing
1.4 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
1.9 km
Descending
4.3 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
1.1 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.3 km