Circuit du Pré des Saix
Loop Walk
650
XP
about 5 h 6 min walking
2133 m
1862 m
1592 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
833 m
Drop
837 m
Highest
2096 m
Lowest
1604 m
Walking time
about 5 h 6 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 22% for 770 m early on, comes down 15% for 670 m early on.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 15% for 670 m near the end, comes down 22% for 770 m near the end.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (1.5 km at 10%+, 1 km of it 15%+) and come down 1.7 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 0.6–4.6, from 1723 m to 2096 m.
How the 18.5 km splits
Flat
2.1 km
Climbing
6.1 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.5 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
1.0 km
Descending
7.1 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
1.7 km
Link it with other walks
les Hauts Lacs
Shares 7.8 km of path · meets at km 7.6, 11.1, 15.39.18 km
les Crêtes
Shares 6.5 km of path · meets at km 9.49.05 km
les Bois de Flaine
Shares 5.6 km of path · meets at km 9.83.74 km
Lac de Flaine
Shares 5.2 km of path · meets at km 10.08.44 km
les Grands Vans
Shares 4.2 km of path · meets at km 5.4, 11.19.07 km
Boucle de l'Arbaron
Shares 2.5 km of path · meets at km 8.9, 15.15.19 km
Circuit du Lac de l'Airon
Starts here too · Shares 2.4 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 7.3, 17.62.07 km
les Grandes Platières
Shares 2.1 km of path · meets at km 11.611.59 km
Refuges de Platé et de Sales
Shares 2.1 km of path · meets at km 11.619.26 km
Sentier de l'Alpage
Shares 2.1 km of path · meets at km 11.67.11 km