Tour de la Montagne de Saint Genis
Loop Walk
700
XP
about 5 h 51 min walking
1460 m
1124 m
788 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
1228 m
Drop
708 m
Highest
1414 m
Lowest
802 m
Walking time
about 6 h 43 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Easy first 1.2 km, climbs 11% for 1050 m early on, comes down 15% for 2050 m midway.
Clockwise: Climbs 15% for 2050 m early on, comes down 11% for 1050 m near the end.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (4.9 km at 10%+, 4.9 km of it 15%+) and come down 1.5 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 16.5–22.1, from 1197 m to 804 m.
How the 23.3 km splits
Flat
4.4 km
Climbing
5.5 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
4.9 km
Descending
7.0 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
1.5 km