Balcon de Cou

Linear Trail

450

XP

about 2 h 10 min walking

6.9 km

Linear

1680 m

1422 m

1164 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

466 m

Drop

405 m

Highest

1645 m

Lowest

1176 m

Walking time

about 2 h 10 min

Which way round

Anticlockwise: Easy first 2.0 km, climbs 26% for 400 m near the end, comes down 20% for 1830 m early on.

Clockwise: Easy first 5.0 km, climbs 20% for 1830 m near the end, comes down 26% for 400 m early on.

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

Main climb: km 2.0–6.5, from 1178 m to 1643 m.

How the 7.0 km splits

Flat

0.6 km

Climbing

2.5 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

1.1 km

Descending

0.9 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

1.8 km

Link it with other walks

Sentier de l'Espoir

Starts here too · Shares 2.8 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 4.8, 6.5

15.76 km

Circuit de sur Cou

Shares 2.4 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.2, 0.9…

6.77 km

Circuit du Moulin d'Orange

Shares 0.3 km of path · meets at km 1.5

5.29 km

Sur Cou Depuis Bellajoux

Crosses at km 5.6

5.8 km

Campsites near the start

Camping Les Marronniers

4.7 km from the start · 4.7★ (218)

gites of Combes Usillon

6.3 km from the start · 4.5★ (35)

camping car park aouste

9.2 km from the start · 3.8★ (25)

Chalet d'Ablon

10.5 km from the start · 5.0★ (4)