Trail N°09 - Bois de France
Key facts
- Distance
- 14.6 km
- Ascent
- +979 m
- Descent
- −958 m
- Estimated time
- 2 hr 25
- trail running
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- official rating
- Route
- Loop
- back to the start
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 5.1 km under 10%, 7.6 km at 10 to 20% and 1.8 km over 20%. Elevation from 972 m to 1,794 m over 14.6 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 5%
- Dirt & gravel 90%
- Unknown 5%
- Path types
- Trail 68%
- Track 22%
- Road 4%
- Off-network 6%
Description
Difficulty
Official rating: moderate, by Parc national des Écrins.
Getting there
Start: Cimetière de l'Argentière-La Bessée (Bessée Basse), L'Argentière-la-Bessée (05).
Sources
- Track: Parc national des Écrins, Licence Ouverte 2.0, Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab) (destination.ecrins-parcnational.fr/trek/997385-Trail-N09---Bois-de-France). 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: 979 m, Parc national des Écrins
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