la Forêt Royale de Prades
Loop Walk
500
XP
about 2 h 40 min walking
1704 m
1462 m
1221 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
447 m
Drop
446 m
Highest
1671 m
Lowest
1232 m
Walking time
about 2 h 40 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Easy first 1.7 km, climbs 18% for 650 m midway, comes down 20% for 1250 m near the end.
Clockwise: Climbs 20% for 1250 m early on, comes down 18% for 650 m midway.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (1.8 km at 10%+, 1.8 km of it 15%+) and come down 1.6 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 3.1–7.9, from 1669 m to 1238 m.
How the 9.6 km splits
Flat
1.7 km
Climbing
1.9 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
1.8 km
Descending
2.7 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.3 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
1.3 km