le Chemin des Bergers
Loop Walk
450
XP
about 2 h 30 min walking
2227 m
1999 m
1772 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
433 m
Drop
426 m
Highest
2196 m
Lowest
1782 m
Walking time
about 2 h 30 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Easy first 2.4 km, climbs 23% for 900 m early on, comes down 15% for 880 m midway.
Clockwise: Climbs 15% for 880 m early on, comes down 23% for 900 m midway.
Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (1.5 km at 10%+, 1.5 km of it 15%+) and come down 1.1 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 2.4–5.4, from 1784 m to 2191 m.
How the 8.9 km splits
Flat
0.6 km
Climbing
2.0 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
1.5 km
Descending
3.7 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.2 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.9 km
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