Tête de la Sestrière
Linear Trail
350
XP
about 1 h 20 min walking
2586 m
2412 m
2238 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.
Steep walk
Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
130 m
Drop
443 m
Highest
2562 m
Lowest
2246 m
Walking time
about 1 h 20 min
Which way round
Downhill: Climbs 22% for 230 m midway, comes down 17% for 570 m early on.
Uphill: Climbs 17% for 570 m near the end, comes down 22% for 230 m midway.
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 1.4–5.6, from 2503 m to 2246 m.
How the 5.6 km splits
Flat
0.5 km
Climbing
1.0 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.2 km
Descending
1.8 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.4 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
1.6 km