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Col de Font Payanne

Linear Trail

500

XP

about 3 h 18 min walking

12.19 km
Linear
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1608 m

1324 m

1040 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

522 m

Drop

519 m

Highest

1569 m

Lowest

1053 m

Walking time

about 3 h 18 min

Which way round

Clockwise: Easy first 1.1 km, climbs 17% for 1570 m early on, comes down 23% for 1050 m near the end.

Anticlockwise: Climbs 23% for 1050 m early on, comes down 17% for 1570 m near the end.

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

Main descent: km 7.1–11.6, from 1564 m to 1057 m.

How the 12.2 km splits

Flat

2.3 km

Climbing

3.3 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

0.4 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

1.6 km

Descending

2.7 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.8 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

1.1 km

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Grande Traversée du Vercors

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Crosses at km 12.1

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Crosses at km 12.1

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Crosses at km 12.1

9.15 km

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