le Puy de Sancy
Loop Walk
450
XP
about 2 h 21 min walking
1906 m
1605 m
1303 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
542 m
Drop
549 m
Highest
1865 m
Lowest
1317 m
Walking time
about 2 h 21 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 19% for 2400 m early on, comes down 17% for 1870 m midway.
Clockwise: Climbs 17% for 1870 m early on, comes down 19% for 2400 m midway.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main descent: km 2.9–6.8, from 1865 m to 1322 m.
How the 7.2 km splits
Flat
0.4 km
Climbing
0.8 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
2.4 km
Descending
0.6 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
3.0 km