Le plateau du Taillefer
Key facts
- Distance
- 15.7 km
- Ascent
- +959 m
- Descent
- −916 m
- Estimated time
- 5 hr 40
- hiking
- 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: 9.0 km under 10%, 3.1 km at 10 to 20% and 3.5 km over 20%. Elevation from 1,393 m to 2,104 m over 15.7 km.
Description
Difficulty
Official rating: difficult, by Parc national des Écrins.
Getting there
Start: Hameau de la Grenonière, Ornon (38).
Sources
- Track: Parc national des Écrins, Licence Ouverte 2.0, Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab) (destination.ecrins-parcnational.fr/trek/918283-Le-plateau-du-Taillefer). Time estimated by GPX Path with the Mac app rule, breaks not included.
- Official elevation gain: 959 m, Parc national des Écrins
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