PR 55 Sentier Mécanique

Loop Walk

300

XP

about 1 h 17 min walking

4.48 km

Loop

2019 m

1896 m

1773 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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Steep walk

Some very steep ground — marked on the map.

Climb

219 m

Drop

220 m

Highest

2002 m

Lowest

1779 m

Walking time

about 1 h 17 min

Which way round

Anticlockwise: Easy first 2.5 km, climbs 18% for 570 m midway, comes down 15% for 650 m early on.

Clockwise: Easy first 2.1 km, climbs 15% for 650 m midway, comes down 18% for 570 m early on.

Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.8 km at 10%+, 0.8 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.9 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.

Main climb: km 2.5–4.6, from 1779 m to 1999 m.

How the 4.6 km splits

Flat

0.5 km

Climbing

1.2 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

0.8 km

Descending

1.1 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.9 km