Grande Traversée du Mercantour
Linear Trail
400
XP
about 1 h 53 min walking
2635 m
2369 m
2103 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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Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
206 m
Drop
516 m
Highest
2599 m
Lowest
2115 m
Walking time
about 1 h 53 min
Which way round
Downhill: Climbs 11% for 600 m midway, comes down 16% for 1870 m near the end.
Uphill: Climbs 16% for 1870 m early on, comes down 11% for 600 m midway.
Shown as the descent, the way a graded trail like this is ridden — the climb back up is usually the forest road.
Main descent: km 3.8–7.7, from 2598 m to 2115 m.
How the 7.7 km splits
Flat
0.7 km
Climbing
1.5 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.9 km
Descending
2.4 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
2.2 km