Tour de l'Aiguille
Loop Walk
500
XP
about 3 h 32 min walking
1881 m
1448 m
1014 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
867 m
Drop
896 m
Highest
1822 m
Lowest
1034 m
Walking time
about 3 h 32 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 24% for 850 m early on, comes down 20% for 2400 m midway.
Clockwise: Climbs 20% for 2400 m early on, comes down 24% for 850 m near the end.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main descent: km 5.4–10.0, from 1821 m to 1036 m.
How the 10.5 km splits
Flat
0.5 km
Climbing
2.1 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
2.6 km
Descending
1.4 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
3.9 km