Lac des Balmettes
Linear Trail
400
XP
about 1 h 51 min walking
2471 m
2105 m
1738 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
438 m
Drop
662 m
Highest
2421 m
Lowest
1755 m
Walking time
about 1 h 51 min
Which way round
Downhill: Easy first 2.5 km, climbs 19% for 1330 m midway, comes down 27% for 2450 m early on.
Uphill: Easy first 3.1 km, climbs 27% for 2450 m midway, comes down 19% for 1330 m early on.
Shown as the descent, the way a graded trail like this is ridden — the climb back up is usually the forest road.
Main descent: km 0.0–2.5, from 2421 m to 1755 m.
How the 5.6 km splits
Flat
0.1 km
Climbing
1.2 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.3 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
1.5 km
Descending
0.1 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
2.5 km