Circuit des Granges d'Ars

Loop Walk

450

XP

about 2 h 35 min walking

9.05 km

Loop

1750 m

1549 m

1348 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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Steep walk

Some very steep ground — marked on the map.

Climb

471 m

Drop

466 m

Highest

1723 m

Lowest

1357 m

Walking time

about 2 h 36 min

Which way round

Anticlockwise: Easy first 1.6 km, climbs 14% for 870 m early on, comes down 18% for 1130 m near the end.

Clockwise: Climbs 18% for 1130 m early on, comes down 14% for 870 m near the end.

Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (2 km at 10%+, 2 km of it 15%+) and come down 1.7 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.

Main descent: km 4.0–7.5, from 1723 m to 1360 m.

How the 9.1 km splits

Flat

0.8 km

Climbing

1.4 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

2.0 km

Descending

3.1 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

1.7 km