Refuge de Marcadau
Linear Trail
350
XP
about 2 h 25 min walking
1886 m
1672 m
1457 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
144 m
Drop
419 m
Highest
1857 m
Lowest
1467 m
Walking time
about 2 h 25 min
Which way round
Downhill: Easy first 7.0 km, climbs 12% for 280 m near the end, comes down 22% for 350 m early on.
Uphill: Easy first 3.9 km, climbs 22% for 350 m midway, comes down 12% for 280 m early on.
Shown as the descent, the way a graded trail like this is ridden — the climb back up is usually the forest road.
Main descent: km 0.0–3.9, from 1857 m to 1628 m.
How the 10.9 km splits
Flat
3.1 km
Climbing
2.2 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.3 km
Descending
4.3 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.6 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.3 km
Ca12
Starts here too · Shares 6.7 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 3.8, 9.5…12.79 km
Lac de Gaube
Shares 0.4 km of path · meets at km 10.0, 10.34.22 km
le Refuge des Oulettes
Shares 0.2 km of path · meets at km 10.48.15 km
Ca07
Crosses at km 0.06.29 km
Ca05
Crosses at km 0.04.53 km
Ca04
Crosses at km 0.45.2 km
Ca03
Crosses at km 3.8, 9.57.44 km
Chemin des Cascades
Crosses at km 10.36.46 km
Ca01
Crosses at km 10.34.01 km