Pilat Nº2: Bourg-Argental - Le Grand Bois
Key facts
- Distance
- 21.8 km
- Ascent
- +795 m
- Descent
- −802 m
- Estimated time
- 6 hr 35
- hiking
- Difficulty
- Not rated
- Route
- Loop
- back to the start
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 14.3 km under 10% and 7.5 km at 10 to 20%. Elevation from 538 m to 1,269 m over 21.8 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 39%
- Dirt & gravel 61%
- Path types
- Trail 19%
- Track 43%
- Road 38%
Difficulty
No official rating for this track: we do not make one up.
Getting there
Start: Bourg-Argental, Bourg-Argental (42).
Sources
- Track: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0 (www.openstreetmap.org/relation/7636093). Time estimated by GPX Path with the Mac app rule, breaks not included.
- Surface and path types: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, extract of 28 October 2026, matched to the track every 10 m (openstreetmap.org/copyright)
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