Boucle Découverte des Forêts de Feuillus et de Conifères
Loop Walk
450
XP
about 2 h 33 min walking
851 m
624 m
397 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
410 m
Drop
413 m
Highest
820 m
Lowest
407 m
Walking time
about 2 h 33 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 5.9 km, climbs 20% for 1490 m near the end, comes down 18% for 880 m early on.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 18% for 880 m midway, comes down 20% for 1490 m early on.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (1.9 km at 10%+, 1.9 km of it 15%+) and come down 1.1 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 5.9–8.9, from 416 m to 819 m.
How the 9.3 km splits
Flat
1.5 km
Climbing
1.6 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
1.9 km
Descending
3.3 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
1.1 km
Sentier Estelle
Shares 4.9 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 3.9, 4.0…72.41 km
Circuit de la Vallée des Andilleys
Shares 3.5 km of path · meets at km 3.911.81 km
Boucle du Château de Varennes et du Toboggan du Gaz de Lacq
Shares 1.9 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 7.313.4 km
Circuit des Cimes
Shares 1.7 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 9.218.91 km
Circuit du Site du Chateau St-Jean
Crosses at km 3.96.16 km