Saut de la mule
Key facts
- Distance
- 5.2 km
- Ascent
- +281 m
- Descent
- −237 m
- Estimated time
- 1 hr 40
- hiking
- Difficulty
- Easy
- official rating
- Route
- Loop
- back to the start
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 3.1 km under 10%, 1.7 km at 10 to 20% and 0.4 km over 20%. Elevation from 840 m to 1,095 m over 5.2 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 25%
- Dirt & gravel 74%
- Unknown 1%
- Path types
- Trail 55%
- Track 20%
- Road 24%
- Off-network 1%
Description
Difficulty
Official rating: easy, by Parc national des Cévennes.
Getting there
Start: Mairie de Sainte-Hélène, Sainte-Hélène (48).
Sources
- Track: Parc national des Cévennes, Licence Ouverte 1.0, Licence Ouverte 1.0 (Etalab) (destination.cevennes-parcnational.fr/trek/95072-Saut-de-la-mule). 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: 281 m, Parc national des Cévennes
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