Boucle/Volta d'Ille-sur-Têt - Bélesta - les Balcons Nord du Canigó
Loop Walk
650
XP
about 6 h 28 min walking
646 m
346 m
46 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.
Hilly walk
3 steep stretches — marked on the map.
Climb
656 m
Drop
442 m
Highest
410 m
Lowest
125 m
Walking time
about 6 h 28 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 15% for 730 m midway, no steep descents.
Clockwise: Easy first 19.2 km, no steep climbing, comes down 15% for 730 m midway.
Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (1.6 km at 10%+) 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 3.4–7.7, from 406 m to 145 m.
How the 26.9 km splits
Flat
11.0 km
Climbing
6.9 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
1.6 km
Descending
7.4 km
À Travers les Âges
Shares 3.9 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 13.1, 14.6…8.87 km
Parcours d'Eau
Shares 0.8 km of path · meets at km 14.6, 15.04.72 km
Boucle du Pic Aubeill
Shares 0.7 km of path · meets at km 14.38.15 km
Itinéraire Autre 66
Crosses at km 4.6, 17.6, 18.433.81 km
Itinéraire des Belvédères - les Balcons Nord du Canigó
Crosses at km 14.868.12 km
Véloroute de la Vallée de la Têt
Crosses at km 18.020.97 km