L'Etang de Banson
Key facts
- Distance
- 12.4 km
- Ascent
- +240 m
- Descent
- −190 m
- Estimated time
- 3 hr 10
- hiking
- Difficulty
- Not rated
- Route
- Loop
- back to the start
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 12.1 km under 10% and 0.3 km at 10 to 20%. Elevation from 847 m to 964 m over 12.4 km.
Difficulty
No official rating for this track: we do not make one up.
Getting there
Start: Parking en face de la Maison Familiale et rurale de Gelles, Gelles (63).
Sources
- Track: Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme, PDIPR, Licence Ouverte 2.0, Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab) (opendata.clermontmetropole.eu/explore/dataset/les_circuits_des_itineraires_de_promenade_conseil-dep-63-kml-vcf/). Time estimated by GPX Path with the Mac app rule, breaks not included.
- Official elevation gain: 240 m, Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme (publication Clermont Auvergne Métropole)
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