Le sentier des canaux
Key facts
- Distance
- 3.4 km
- Ascent
- +102 m
- Descent
- −85 m
- Estimated time
- 55 min
- hiking
- Difficulty
- Very easy
- official rating
- Route
- Loop
- back to the start
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 2.9 km under 10% and 0.5 km at 10 to 20%. Elevation from 1,494 m to 1,589 m over 3.4 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 5%
- Dirt & gravel 94%
- Unknown 1%
- Path types
- Trail 87%
- Track 8%
- Road 5%
Description
Difficulty
Official rating: very easy, by Parc national des Écrins.
Getting there
Start: Camping de Puy-Saint-Vincent, Puy-Saint-Vincent (05).
Sources
- Track: Parc national des Écrins, Licence Ouverte 2.0, Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab) (destination.ecrins-parcnational.fr/trek/995799-Le-sentier-des-canaux). 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: 102 m, Parc national des Écrins
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