Gorges de Leyvaux et d'Apcher
Loop Walk
400
XP
about 2 h 55 min walking
1179 m
986 m
793 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.
Hilly walk
5 steep stretches — marked on the map.
Climb
357 m
Drop
367 m
Highest
1153 m
Lowest
802 m
Walking time
about 2 h 55 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 14% for 380 m early on, comes down 13% for 380 m midway.
Anticlockwise: Easy first 3.2 km, climbs 13% for 380 m midway, comes down 14% for 380 m near the end.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main descent: km 4.3–7.2, from 1101 m to 849 m.
How the 11.6 km splits
Flat
2.5 km
Climbing
3.2 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.9 km
Descending
4.2 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.7 km