Tour de l'Aiguille Rouge
Key facts
- Distance
- 22.5 km
- Ascent
- +898 m
- Descent
- −839 m
- Estimated time
- 3 hr 20
- mtb
- Difficulty
- Difficult
- official rating
- Route
- Loop
- back to the start
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 18.0 km under 10%, 3.5 km at 10 to 20% and 1.0 km over 20%. Elevation from 1,584 m to 2,197 m over 22.5 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 31%
- Dirt & gravel 68%
- Unknown 1%
- Path types
- Trail 50%
- Track 18%
- Road 31%
- Off-network 1%
Description
Difficulty
Official rating: difficult, by Parc national des Écrins.
Getting there
Start: Parking du Roubion, Névache, Névache (05).
Sources
- Track: Parc national des Écrins, Licence Ouverte 2.0, Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab) (destination.ecrins-parcnational.fr/trek/995149-47---Tour-de-l-Aiguille-Rouge). 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: 898 m, Parc national des Écrins
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