Sommet de Couar
Key facts
- Distance
- 13.7 km
- Ascent
- +1,087 m
- Descent
- −1,022 m
- Estimated time
- 5 hr 55
- hiking
- Difficulty
- Difficult
- official rating
- Route
- Out and back
- same way back
Official time: 6 h
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 3.1 km under 10%, 8.6 km at 10 to 20% and 2.1 km over 20%. Elevation from 951 m to 1,977 m over 13.7 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 21%
- Dirt & gravel 78%
- Unknown 1%
- Path types
- Trail 59%
- Track 39%
- Road 1%
- Off-network 1%
Difficulty
Official rating: difficult, by Département des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
Getting there
Start: Parking du village, Archail, Archail (04).
Sources
- Track: Département des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, PDIPR, Licence Ouverte 2.0, Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab) (www.datasud.fr/fr/dataset/datasets/1394/). Time estimated by GPX Path with the Mac app rule, breaks not included.
- Official time: 6 h, datasud.fr
- 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: 1,087 m, Département des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
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