la Roche Merveilleuse
Loop Walk
500
XP
about 3 h 59 min walking
963 m
714 m
466 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
571 m
Drop
562 m
Highest
929 m
Lowest
477 m
Walking time
about 3 h 59 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Easy first 1.6 km, climbs 21% for 750 m early on, comes down 14% for 630 m near the end.
Clockwise: Climbs 14% for 630 m early on, comes down 21% for 750 m near the end.
Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (2.3 km at 10%+, 1.8 km of it 15%+) and come down 1.1 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 1.6–5.2, from 482 m to 900 m.
How the 15.2 km splits
Flat
3.4 km
Climbing
3.0 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.5 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
1.8 km
Descending
5.6 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.7 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.4 km