Le balcon du Champsaur
Key facts
- Distance
- 12.6 km
- Ascent
- +501 m
- Descent
- −416 m
- Estimated time
- 3 hr 40
- hiking
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- official rating
- Route
- Loop
- back to the start
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 9.1 km under 10%, 3.1 km at 10 to 20% and 0.3 km over 20%. Elevation from 1,588 m to 1,966 m over 12.6 km.
Description
Difficulty
Official rating: moderate, by Parc national des Écrins.
Getting there
Start: Chaillol 1600, Saint-Michel-de-Chaillol (05).
Sources
- Track: Parc national des Écrins, Licence Ouverte 2.0, Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab) (destination.ecrins-parcnational.fr/trek/995441-Le-balcon-du-Champsaur). Time estimated by GPX Path with the Mac app rule, breaks not included.
- Official elevation gain: 501 m, Parc national des Écrins
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