Boucle de Plan Vallon
Key facts
- Distance
- 12.1 km
- Ascent
- +1,033 m
- Descent
- −1,021 m
- Estimated time
- 2 hr 15
- 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: 1.8 km under 10%, 6.3 km at 10 to 20% and 3.9 km over 20%. Elevation from 1,293 m to 2,319 m over 12.1 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 8%
- Dirt & gravel 92%
- Path types
- Trail 78%
- Track 14%
- Road 8%
Description
Difficulty
Official rating: moderate, by Parc national des Écrins.
Getting there
Start: Centre montagne, Villar-Saint-Pancrace (05).
Sources
- Track: Parc national des Écrins, Licence Ouverte 2.0, Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab) (destination.ecrins-parcnational.fr/trek/997717-Boucle-de-Plan-Vallon). 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: 1,033 m, Parc national des Écrins
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