Circuit des Crêtes
Loop Walk
500
XP
about 3 h 22 min walking
2196 m
1798 m
1399 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
720 m
Drop
730 m
Highest
2142 m
Lowest
1417 m
Walking time
about 3 h 22 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 22% for 850 m early on, comes down 17% for 1220 m midway.
Clockwise: Easy first 1.9 km, climbs 17% for 1220 m early on, comes down 22% for 850 m near the end.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main descent: km 3.2–8.9, from 2142 m to 1423 m.
How the 10.8 km splits
Flat
0.3 km
Climbing
2.5 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
2.4 km
Descending
2.8 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.8 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
2.0 km
la Chapelle des Chambeaux
Starts here too · Shares 4.1 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 6.12.29 km
les Granges
Shares 0.8 km of path · meets at km 7.4, 8.74.34 km
Pdipr73_3433et
Crosses at km 1.2100.46 km
Pdipr73_3433ot
Crosses at km 2.6, 6.076.37 km
le Grand Truc
Crosses at km 3.315.08 km
les Orgières
Crosses at km 8.30.76 km