Tour du Grand Pinier
Key facts
- Distance
- 41.2 km
- Ascent
- +2,561 m
- Descent
- −2,427 m
- Estimated time
- 15 hr
- hiking
- Difficulty
- Difficult
- official rating
- Route
- Point to point
- ends elsewhere
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 19.7 km under 10%, 18.0 km at 10 to 20% and 3.5 km over 20%. Elevation from 1,533 m to 2,778 m over 41.2 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 2%
- Dirt & gravel 94%
- Unknown 4%
- Path types
- Trail 82%
- Track 11%
- Road 3%
- Off-network 4%
Description
Difficulty
Official rating: difficult, by Parc national des Écrins.
Getting there
Start: Parking à l'entrée du hameau de Prapic, Orcières (05).
Sources
- Track: Parc national des Écrins, Licence Ouverte 2.0, Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab) (destination.ecrins-parcnational.fr/trek/996299-Tour-du-Grand-Pinier). 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: 2,561 m, Parc national des Écrins
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