Forêt de Mercury
Loop Walk
450
XP
about 2 h 27 min walking
848 m
629 m
411 m
Move along the chart to follow it on the map
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
530 m
Drop
544 m
Highest
818 m
Lowest
421 m
Walking time
about 2 h 27 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 21% for 1130 m early on, comes down 26% for 1050 m midway.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 26% for 1050 m early on, comes down 21% for 1130 m near the end.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main descent: km 4.9–7.2, from 790 m to 422 m.
How the 7.8 km splits
Flat
0.3 km
Climbing
2.3 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
1.6 km
Descending
1.6 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.3 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
1.8 km