La Cascade (Saint-Germain-l'Herm)
Key facts
- Distance
- 12.5 km
- Ascent
- +340 m
- Descent
- −345 m
- Estimated time
- 3 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: 11.0 km under 10% and 1.6 km at 10 to 20%. Elevation from 905 m to 1,077 m over 12.5 km.
Difficulty
No official rating for this track: we do not make one up.
Getting there
Start: Saint-Germain-l'Herm, Saint-Germain-l'Herm (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: 340 m, Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme (publication Clermont Auvergne Métropole)
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