Les charmilles
Key facts
- Distance
- 8.4 km
- Ascent
- +280 m
- Descent
- −270 m
- Estimated time
- 2 hr 25
- hiking
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- official rating
- Route
- Loop
- back to the start
Official time: 3 h 25 min
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 6.7 km under 10%, 1.5 km at 10 to 20% and 0.2 km over 20%. Elevation from 631 m to 888 m over 8.4 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 11%
- Dirt & gravel 89%
- Path types
- Trail 13%
- Track 76%
- Road 11%
Difficulty
Official rating: moderate, by Département de l'Ain.
Getting there
Start: LOMPNAS, LOMPNAS, Lompnas (01).
Sources
- Track: Département de l'Ain, PDIPR, Licence Ouverte 2.0, Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab) (departement-ain.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/ain::pdipr-itineraire). Time estimated by GPX Path with the Mac app rule, breaks not included.
- Official time: 3 h 25 min, departement-ain.opendata.arcgis.com
- Surface and path types: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, extract of 28 October 2026, matched to the track every 10 m (openstreetmap.org/copyright)
- Official elevation gain: 280 m, Département de l'Ain
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