Crêtes d'Issarbe
Loop Walk
350
XP
about 2 h 23 min walking
1568 m
1443 m
1319 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
229 m
Drop
232 m
Highest
1495 m
Lowest
1343 m
Walking time
about 2 h 23 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Easy first 6.2 km, no steep climbing, comes down 21% for 200 m midway.
Clockwise: Climbs 21% for 200 m midway, no steep descents.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.6 km at 10%+, 0.2 km of it 15%+) and come down no steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 2.6–3.8, from 1437 m to 1372 m.
How the 10.0 km splits
Flat
2.1 km
Climbing
3.0 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.4 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.2 km
Descending
4.3 km