Boucle Ornon - la Buffe - le Puy d'Oulles - la Palud d'Ornon
Loop Walk
500
XP
about 4 h 57 min walking
1856 m
1381 m
905 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
1260 m
Drop
1173 m
Highest
1791 m
Lowest
927 m
Walking time
about 5 h 6 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 26% for 1210 m early on, comes down 25% for 1220 m near the end.
Clockwise: Climbs 25% for 1220 m early on, comes down 26% for 1210 m near the end.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (4.3 km at 10%+, 4.3 km of it 15%+) and come down 2.4 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 7.3–12.4, from 929 m to 1791 m.
How the 15.0 km splits
Flat
1.0 km
Climbing
3.0 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
4.3 km
Descending
4.3 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
2.4 km
Link it with other walks
Boucle les Sables-Oulles-la Palud-Lignarre-les Sables
Starts here too · Shares 4.5 km of path · meets at km 2.8, 8.6, 8.8…12.59 km
Refuge du Taillefer (Depuis la Grenonière - Ornon)
Shares 3.6 km of path · meets at km 5.6, 12.73.39 km
Refuge du Taillefer Depuis la Grenonière
Shares 3.6 km of path · meets at km 5.6, 12.74.05 km
le Plateau du Taillefer
Shares 3.6 km of path · meets at km 5.6, 12.77.97 km
la Grenonière-Refuge du Taillefer-Plateau des Lacs
Shares 3.6 km of path · meets at km 5.6, 12.78.41 km
Oulles Pas de la Buffe
Shares 2.2 km of path · meets at km 3.8, 13.82.21 km
Refuge du Taillefer par Oulles
Shares 2.2 km of path · meets at km 3.8, 13.83.6 km
le Puy d'Oulles
Shares 0.7 km of path · meets at km 1.9, 6.7, 15.03.62 km
De la Palud au Col d'Ornon
Crosses at km 8.68.7 km
Pdipr38-3336et
Crosses at km 6.6209.16 km