les Crêtes de Bales
Linear Trail
500
XP
about 4 h 13 min walking
1908 m
1597 m
1286 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
614 m
Drop
629 m
Highest
1866 m
Lowest
1299 m
Walking time
about 4 h 11 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Easy first 5.1 km, climbs 21% for 500 m early on, comes down 19% for 800 m early on.
Clockwise: Climbs 19% for 800 m near the end, comes down 21% for 500 m midway.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (2.1 km at 10%+, 1.2 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 climb: km 10.7–15.8, from 1300 m to 1754 m.
How the 15.8 km splits
Flat
3.0 km
Climbing
3.5 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.9 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
1.2 km
Descending
5.8 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.9 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.5 km
Link it with other walks
Lac de Borderes
Shares 3.4 km of path · meets at km 4.34.22 km
le Pic du Lion
Shares 3.4 km of path · meets at km 4.34.22 km
le Mont Né
Shares 3.4 km of path · meets at km 4.34.44 km
Sentier Balisé de la Vallee de Luchon N61 : Lac de Bareilles
Shares 3.2 km of path · meets at km 1.1, 15.80.44 km
Sentier Balisé de la Vallee de Luchon : le Pic du Lion
Shares 0.3 km of path · meets at km 13.14.35 km
Sentier Balisé de la Vallee de Luchon N60 : St Aventin - Benque - Bourg d'Oueil
Crosses at km 12.610.92 km