Kilomètre Vertical - Freissinières
Key facts
- Distance
- 5.5 km
- Ascent
- +962 m
- Descent
- −0 m
- Estimated time
- 1 hr 30
- trail running
- Difficulty
- Difficult
- official rating
- Route
- Out and back
- same way back
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 0.4 km under 10%, 3.5 km at 10 to 20% and 1.7 km over 20%. Elevation from 1,176 m to 2,136 m over 5.5 km.
Description
Difficulty
Official rating: difficult, by Parc national des Écrins.
Getting there
Start: Mairie de Freissinières, Freissinières (05).
Sources
- Track: Parc national des Écrins, Licence Ouverte 2.0, Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab) (destination.ecrins-parcnational.fr/trek/979518-Kilometre-Vertical---Freissinieres). Time estimated by GPX Path with the Mac app rule, breaks not included.
- Official elevation gain: 962 m, Parc national des Écrins
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