Circuit Croix Blanche Arpingon Cuchet

Loop Walk

450

XP

about 2 h 23 min walking

6.03 km

Loop

2156 m

1790 m

1424 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

663 m

Drop

661 m

Highest

2106 m

Lowest

1441 m

Walking time

about 2 h 23 min

Which way round

Clockwise: Climbs 26% for 2420 m early on, comes down 28% for 1520 m near the end.

Anticlockwise: Climbs 28% for 1520 m early on, comes down 26% for 2420 m midway.

Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.

Main descent: km 3.0–6.4, from 2105 m to 1441 m.

How the 6.4 km splits

Flat

0.4 km

Climbing

0.4 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

2.4 km

Descending

0.9 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

2.3 km

Link it with other walks

Traversée de Cuchet à Lescherette par Col des Veaux

Starts here too · Shares 2.2 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 5.6

6.15 km

Circuit de la Perrière par Col de la Frêche et Col d'Arpingon

Shares 0.7 km of path · meets at km 4.0

12.21 km

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