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le Refuge de Cuchet

Loop Walk

500

XP

about 3 h 11 min walking

9.43 km
Loop
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2220 m

1800 m

1380 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

745 m

Drop

759 m

Highest

2163 m

Lowest

1399 m

Walking time

about 3 h 11 min

Which way round

Anticlockwise: Climbs 22% for 3200 m early on, comes down 20% for 2520 m midway.

Clockwise: Climbs 20% for 2520 m early on, comes down 22% for 3200 m midway.

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

Main climb: km 0.0–3.4, from 1436 m to 2161 m.

How the 9.7 km splits

Flat

0.6 km

Climbing

0.6 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

3.2 km

Descending

2.1 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.2 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

2.9 km

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Shares 2.0 km of path · meets at km 3.0, 3.4, 3.8…

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Crosses at km 2.6, 3.3

84.2 km

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