le Col du Marchand
Loop Walk
450
XP
about 2 h 49 min walking
1137 m
904 m
670 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.
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Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
427 m
Drop
425 m
Highest
1105 m
Lowest
681 m
Walking time
about 2 h 49 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 14% for 900 m early on, comes down 13% for 650 m midway.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 13% for 650 m midway, comes down 14% for 900 m near the end.
Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (1.9 km at 10%+, 0.8 km of it 15%+) and come down 1.3 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 6.3–10.5, from 1104 m to 700 m.
How the 10.5 km splits
Flat
1.2 km
Climbing
2.6 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
1.1 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.8 km
Descending
3.5 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
1.3 km