la Girarde
Loop Walk
350
XP
about 2 h 6 min walking
1569 m
1417 m
1265 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
282 m
Drop
287 m
Highest
1548 m
Lowest
1272 m
Walking time
about 2 h 6 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Easy first 2.1 km, climbs 15% for 300 m early on, comes down 21% for 650 m near the end.
Clockwise: Climbs 21% for 650 m early on, comes down 15% for 300 m midway.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (1.3 km at 10%+, 0.7 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.6 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 2.3–6.0, from 1548 m to 1274 m.
How the 8.1 km splits
Flat
1.4 km
Climbing
1.8 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.6 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.7 km
Descending
3.2 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.3 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.3 km