Grande Boucle du Giffre
Loop Walk
350
XP
about 1 h 30 min walking
1604 m
1454 m
1304 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
266 m
Drop
274 m
Highest
1584 m
Lowest
1311 m
Walking time
about 1 h 30 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 18% for 450 m early on, comes down 17% for 1180 m midway.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 17% for 1180 m early on, comes down 18% for 450 m near the end.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main descent: km 1.5–4.7, from 1584 m to 1317 m.
How the 5.3 km splits
Flat
0.5 km
Climbing
1.4 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.4 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.7 km
Descending
1.1 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
1.2 km