La Croix de Ternant
Key facts
- Distance
- 4.5 km
- Ascent
- +51 m
- Descent
- −85 m
- Estimated time
- 1 hr 10
- hiking
- Difficulty
- Not rated
- Route
- Loop
- back to the start
Official time: 1 h 45 min
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 3.8 km under 10% and 0.7 km at 10 to 20%. Elevation from 959 m to 1,010 m over 4.5 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 20%
- Dirt & gravel 80%
- Path types
- Trail 52%
- Track 40%
- Road 8%
Description
Difficulty
No official rating for this track: we do not make one up.
Getting there
Start: Parking des Goules, direction « Monlachat », Orcines (63).
Sources
- Track: Clermont Auvergne Métropole, Licence Ouverte 2.0, Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab) (www.clermontmetropole.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/bouger_se_divertir/a_la_decouverte_de_lagglo/circuitrando/pdf/fiche_4.pdf). Time estimated by GPX Path with the Mac app rule, breaks not included.
- Official time: 1 h 45 min, clermontmetropole.eu
- Surface and path types: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, extract of 28 October 2026, matched to the track every 10 m (openstreetmap.org/copyright)
- Official elevation gain: 51 m, Clermont Auvergne Métropole
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