Mont Nivigne et Grotte à l'Ours
Linear Trail
700
XP
about 5 h 30 min walking
819 m
571 m
322 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
912 m
Drop
851 m
Highest
766 m
Lowest
340 m
Walking time
about 5 h 30 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 19% for 900 m early on, comes down 15% for 1050 m midway.
Clockwise: Climbs 15% for 1050 m midway, comes down 19% for 900 m near the end.
Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (2.8 km at 10%+, 2.8 km of it 15%+) and come down 2.1 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 9.2–12.5, from 763 m to 362 m.
How the 19.9 km splits
Flat
3.7 km
Climbing
4.9 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
2.8 km
Descending
6.3 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
2.1 km
Link it with other walks
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Crêtes de Treffort
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