Tour des Aiguilles d'Arves (étape 3)
Key facts
- Distance
- 12.8 km
- Ascent
- +1,093 m
- Descent
- −1,303 m
- Estimated time
- 6 hr 25
- hiking
- Difficulty
- Not rated
- Route
- Point to point
- ends elsewhere
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 3.5 km under 10%, 4.5 km at 10 to 20% and 4.8 km over 20%. Elevation from 1,937 m to 2,864 m over 12.8 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Dirt & gravel 100%
- Path types
- Trail 81%
- Track 19%
Difficulty
No official rating for this track: we do not make one up.
Getting there
Start: Chalet du Perron, Saint-Jean-d'Arves (73).
Sources
- Track: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0 (www.openstreetmap.org/relation/16528056). 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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