Balade autour des hameaux de Villar d'Arène
Key facts
- Distance
- 6.6 km
- Ascent
- +180 m
- Descent
- −159 m
- Estimated time
- 1 hr 50
- hiking
- Difficulty
- Easy
- official rating
- Route
- Loop
- back to the start
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 5.9 km under 10% and 0.7 km at 10 to 20%. Elevation from 1,635 m to 1,774 m over 6.6 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 26%
- Dirt & gravel 74%
- Path types
- Trail 44%
- Track 31%
- Road 25%
Description
Difficulty
Official rating: easy, by Parc national des Écrins.
Getting there
Start: Parking à l'entrée du village, Villar-d'Arêne (05).
Sources
- Track: Parc national des Écrins, Licence Ouverte 2.0, Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab) (destination.ecrins-parcnational.fr/trek/996773-Balade-autour-des-hameaux-de-Villar-d-Arene). 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)
- Official elevation gain: 180 m, Parc national des Écrins
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