Circuit des Gorges de la Pontille
Loop Walk
400
XP
about 2 h 2 min walking
1555 m
1372 m
1190 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
401 m
Drop
395 m
Highest
1530 m
Lowest
1198 m
Walking time
about 2 h 2 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 16% for 1250 m midway, comes down 23% for 1120 m near the end.
Clockwise: Climbs 23% for 1120 m early on, comes down 16% for 1250 m midway.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main climb: km 0.8–4.1, from 1207 m to 1528 m.
How the 6.8 km splits
Flat
0.9 km
Climbing
0.9 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
2.1 km
Descending
1.4 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
1.5 km
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