Col du Merlet
Linear Trail
400
XP
about 1 h 38 min walking
2369 m
1731 m
1094 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
0 m
Drop
1160 m
Highest
2282 m
Lowest
1123 m
Walking time
about 1 h 38 min
Which way round
Downhill: No steep climbing, comes down 22% for 1420 m midway.
Uphill: Climbs 22% for 1420 m early on, no steep descents.
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 0.0–8.2, from 2282 m to 1123 m.
How the 8.2 km splits
Flat
0.4 km
Climbing
0.1 km
Descending
2.8 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
1.2 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
3.7 km
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