les Balcons de Cauterets
Loop Walk
500
XP
about 4 h 26 min walking
1275 m
1066 m
857 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
763 m
Drop
763 m
Highest
1246 m
Lowest
866 m
Walking time
about 4 h 26 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Easy first 1.8 km, climbs 16% for 1600 m early on, comes down 22% for 1570 m near the end.
Clockwise: Climbs 22% for 1570 m early on, comes down 16% for 1600 m near the end.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main descent: km 13.1–15.0, from 1223 m to 867 m.
How the 15.8 km splits
Flat
2.7 km
Climbing
4.4 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.8 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
2.1 km
Descending
3.2 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
2.5 km
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