Au-dessus des Drac
Key facts
- Distance
- 11.7 km
- Ascent
- +701 m
- Descent
- −685 m
- Estimated time
- 4 hr 15
- hiking
- Difficulty
- Difficult
- official rating
- Route
- Loop
- back to the start
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 5.6 km under 10%, 4.4 km at 10 to 20% and 1.8 km over 20%. Elevation from 1,208 m to 1,851 m over 11.7 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 12%
- Dirt & gravel 86%
- Unknown 2%
- Path types
- Trail 47%
- Track 39%
- Road 12%
- Off-network 2%
Description
Difficulty
Official rating: difficult, by Parc national des Écrins.
Getting there
Start: Champoléon, les Clapiers, Champoléon (05).
Sources
- Track: Parc national des Écrins, Licence Ouverte 2.0, Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab) (destination.ecrins-parcnational.fr/trek/995442-Au-dessus-des-Drac). 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: 701 m, Parc national des Écrins
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