Boucle du Lac de la Grande Léchère
Loop Walk
350
XP
about 1 h 49 min walking
1780 m
1626 m
1473 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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Climb
290 m
Drop
279 m
Highest
1759 m
Lowest
1480 m
Walking time
about 1 h 50 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 18% for 350 m near the end, comes down 15% for 1380 m early on.
Anticlockwise: Easy first 2.5 km, climbs 15% for 1380 m midway, comes down 18% for 350 m early on.
Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (1.4 km at 10%+, 1.4 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.6 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 2.5–5.8, from 1516 m to 1757 m.
How the 6.7 km splits
Flat
0.7 km
Climbing
1.5 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
1.4 km
Descending
2.6 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.6 km
Link it with other walks
Col de Montjoie
Shares 2.0 km of path · meets at km 1.1, 6.78.23 km
De la Madeleine à la Grande Léchère par Petit Bois
Shares 1.9 km of path · meets at km 0.2, 6.75.95 km
Du Télésiège de la Lauzière au Lac de la Grande Léchère
Shares 1.1 km of path · meets at km 0.2, 6.76.78 km
De Montgellafrey au Lac de la Grande Léchère
Shares 0.9 km of path · meets at km 1.1, 6.74.71 km
le Ruisseau du Bugeon par la Praz
Shares 0.4 km of path · meets at km 3.76.5 km
Du Preney au Refuge du Lac de la Grande Léchère
Starts here too · Crosses at km 0.1, 6.74.22 km
De la Gare de la Chambre au Refuge de la Grande Léchère
Starts here too · Crosses at km 0.2, 6.78.7 km