Tour des refuges en Valgaudemar en 4 jours
Key facts
- Distance
- 33.3 km
- Ascent
- +2,402 m
- Descent
- −2,313 m
- Estimated time
- 13 hr 35
- hiking
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- official rating
- Route
- Point to point
- ends elsewhere
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 13.3 km under 10%, 14.5 km at 10 to 20% and 5.5 km over 20%. Elevation from 1,563 m to 2,582 m over 33.3 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 1%
- Dirt & gravel 97%
- Unknown 2%
- Path types
- Trail 97%
- Road 1%
- Off-network 2%
Description
Difficulty
Official rating: moderate, by Parc national des Écrins.
Getting there
Start: Parking du sentier du ministre, La-Chapelle-en-Valgaudemar, La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar (05).
Sources
- Track: Parc national des Écrins, Licence Ouverte 2.0, Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab) (destination.ecrins-parcnational.fr/trek/992527-Tour-des-refuges-en-Valgaudemar-en-4-jours). 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: 2,402 m, Parc national des Écrins
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