Gorges Altier & Chassezac - Trail n°5
Key facts
- Distance
- 21.2 km
- Ascent
- +994 m
- Descent
- −788 m
- Estimated time
- 2 hr 55
- trail running
- Difficulty
- Difficult
- official rating
- Route
- Loop
- back to the start
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 17.2 km under 10%, 1.5 km at 10 to 20% and 2.5 km over 20%. Elevation from 370 m to 892 m over 21.2 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 11%
- Dirt & gravel 84%
- Unknown 5%
- Path types
- Trail 65%
- Track 19%
- Road 11%
- Off-network 5%
Description
Difficulty
Official rating: difficult, by Parc national des Cévennes.
Getting there
Start: La Garde Guérin ou Belvédère du Chassezac, Prévenchères (48).
Sources
- Track: Parc national des Cévennes, Licence Ouverte 1.0, Licence Ouverte 1.0 (Etalab) (destination.cevennes-parcnational.fr/trek/96913-Gorges-Altier-%26-Chassezac---Trail-n5). 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: 994 m, Parc national des Cévennes
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