Boucle de l'Épine
Loop Walk
150
XP
about 24 min walking
1605 m
1555 m
1505 m
Move along the chart to follow it on the map
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
66 m
Drop
70 m
Highest
1585 m
Lowest
1511 m
Walking time
about 24 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 19% for 280 m early on, comes down 15% for 400 m midway.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 15% for 400 m midway, comes down 19% for 280 m near the end.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main descent: km 0.5–1.4, from 1584 m to 1515 m.
How the 1.4 km splits
Flat
0.3 km
Climbing
0.3 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.3 km
Descending
0.2 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.4 km