Sentier des Buis
Key facts
- Distance
- 9.5 km
- Ascent
- +823 m
- Descent
- −781 m
- Estimated time
- 4 hr 30
- hiking
- Difficulty
- Not rated
- Route
- Loop
- back to the start
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 2.4 km under 10%, 3.8 km at 10 to 20% and 3.3 km over 20%. Elevation from 295 m to 1,065 m over 9.5 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 6%
- Dirt & gravel 94%
- Path types
- Trail 77%
- Track 17%
- Road 6%
Difficulty
No official rating for this track: we do not make one up.
Getting there
Start: Montmélian, Montmélian (73).
Sources
- Track: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0 (www.openstreetmap.org/relation/15591346). 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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