Tour des refuges en Vallouise en 5 jours
Key facts
- Distance
- 44.6 km
- Ascent
- +3,345 m
- Descent
- −3,233 m
- Estimated time
- 18 hr 50
- 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: 13.6 km under 10%, 21.5 km at 10 to 20% and 9.5 km over 20%. Elevation from 1,512 m to 2,683 m over 44.6 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 5%
- Dirt & gravel 92%
- Unknown 3%
- Path types
- Trail 89%
- Track 3%
- Road 5%
- Off-network 3%
Description
Difficulty
Official rating: moderate, by Parc national des Écrins.
Getting there
Start: Ailefroide, Vallouise-Pelvoux (05).
Sources
- Track: Parc national des Écrins, Licence Ouverte 2.0, Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab) (destination.ecrins-parcnational.fr/trek/976000-Tour-des-refuges-en-Vallouise-en-5-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: 3,345 m, Parc national des Écrins
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