Alpine Trail
Linear Trail · Switzerland
500
XP
about 2 h 40 min walking
2547 m
2181 m
1815 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
574 m
Drop
1165 m
Highest
2497 m
Lowest
1832 m
Walking time
about 2 h 40 min
Which way round
Downhill: Climbs 38% for 600 m early on, comes down 29% for 1240 m near the end.
Uphill: Climbs 29% for 1240 m early on, comes down 38% for 600 m midway.
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 6.3–8.5, from 2461 m to 1832 m.
How the 8.5 km splits
Flat
0.4 km
Climbing
1.7 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
1.2 km
Descending
2.7 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
2.5 km