Traversée du Pays des Ecrins en VTT en 2 jours
Key facts
- Distance
- 71.6 km
- Ascent
- +2,898 m
- Descent
- −2,954 m
- Estimated time
- 10 hr 35
- mtb
- Difficulty
- Difficult
- official rating
- Route
- Point to point
- ends elsewhere
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 52.6 km under 10%, 17.0 km at 10 to 20% and 2.0 km over 20%. Elevation from 945 m to 1,931 m over 71.6 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 34%
- Dirt & gravel 65%
- Unknown 1%
- Path types
- Trail 21%
- Track 47%
- Road 32%
Description
Difficulty
Official rating: difficult, by Parc national des Écrins.
Getting there
Start: Gare de Briançon, Briançon (05).
Sources
- Track: Parc national des Écrins, Licence Ouverte 2.0, Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab) (destination.ecrins-parcnational.fr/trek/983845-Traversee-du-Pays-des-Ecrins-en-VTT-en-2-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: 2,898 m, Parc national des Écrins
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