Boucle du Ruchettu
Loop Walk
250
XP
about 1 h 6 min walking
1118 m
1041 m
964 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
148 m
Drop
159 m
Highest
1107 m
Lowest
967 m
Walking time
about 1 h 5 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 14% for 450 m midway, comes down 16% for 380 m midway.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 16% for 380 m early on, comes down 14% for 450 m midway.
Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.6 km at 10%+, 0.6 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.5 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 1.8–3.7, from 1106 m to 971 m.
How the 4.2 km splits
Flat
0.5 km
Climbing
0.9 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.6 km
Descending
1.7 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.4 km