la Tête de Boursier
Loop Walk
500
XP
about 3 h 25 min walking
1286 m
935 m
584 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
711 m
Drop
713 m
Highest
1238 m
Lowest
600 m
Walking time
about 3 h 25 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 20% for 2050 m early on, comes down 22% for 1620 m midway.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 22% for 1620 m midway, comes down 20% for 2050 m midway.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (3.5 km at 10%+, 3.2 km of it 15%+) and come down 1.9 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 5.6–11.1, from 1235 m to 600 m.
How the 11.1 km splits
Flat
0.7 km
Climbing
1.2 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.3 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
3.2 km
Descending
3.9 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.3 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
1.6 km