Le Plan de l'Alpe de Villar par le sentier des Crevasses
Key facts
- Distance
- 6.8 km
- Ascent
- +174 m
- Descent
- −95 m
- Estimated time
- 1 hr 45
- hiking
- Difficulty
- Easy
- official rating
- Route
- Out and back
- same way back
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 6.5 km under 10% and 0.3 km at 10 to 20%. Elevation from 2,038 m to 2,123 m over 6.8 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 3%
- Dirt & gravel 96%
- Unknown 1%
- Path types
- Trail 93%
- Track 2%
- Road 4%
- Off-network 1%
Description
Difficulty
Official rating: easy, by Parc national des Écrins.
Getting there
Start: Parking, col du Lautaret., Villar-d'Arêne (05).
Sources
- Track: Parc national des Écrins, Licence Ouverte 2.0, Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab) (destination.ecrins-parcnational.fr/trek/995833-Le-Plan-de-l-Alpe-de-Villar-par-le-sentier-des-Crevasses). 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: 174 m, Parc national des Écrins
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