Boucle de la Grave à Villar d'Arène
Key facts
- Distance
- 6.0 km
- Ascent
- +334 m
- Descent
- −313 m
- Estimated time
- 2 hr
- 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: 2.7 km under 10%, 2.5 km at 10 to 20% and 0.7 km over 20%. Elevation from 1,461 m to 1,742 m over 6.0 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 23%
- Dirt & gravel 76%
- Unknown 1%
- Path types
- Trail 68%
- Track 9%
- Road 22%
- Off-network 1%
Description
Difficulty
Official rating: easy, by Parc national des Écrins.
Getting there
Start: Office de tourisme de La Grave, La Grave (05).
Sources
- Track: Parc national des Écrins, Licence Ouverte 2.0, Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab) (destination.ecrins-parcnational.fr/trek/996775-Boucle-de-la-Grave-a-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: 334 m, Parc national des Écrins
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