La Cime de Puy la Salle
Key facts
- Distance
- 6.9 km
- Ascent
- +540 m
- Descent
- −536 m
- Estimated time
- 3 hr 05
- 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: 2.4 km under 10%, 2.3 km at 10 to 20% and 2.3 km over 20%. Elevation from 1,441 m to 1,979 m over 6.9 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 5%
- Dirt & gravel 93%
- Unknown 2%
- Path types
- Trail 34%
- Track 60%
- Road 4%
- Off-network 2%
Description
Difficulty
Official rating: easy, by Parc national des Écrins.
Getting there
Start: Entrée du village de la Salle - Coté Sud, La Salle-les-Alpes (05).
Sources
- Track: Parc national des Écrins, Licence Ouverte 2.0, Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab) (destination.ecrins-parcnational.fr/trek/995172-La-Cime-de-Puy-la-Salle). 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: 540 m, Parc national des Écrins
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