Tour des Cerces
Key facts
- Distance
- 17.2 km
- Ascent
- +1,047 m
- Descent
- −971 m
- Estimated time
- 6 hr 05
- 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: 10.8 km under 10%, 3.4 km at 10 to 20% and 3.0 km over 20%. Elevation from 2,026 m to 2,768 m over 17.2 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 1%
- Dirt & gravel 99%
- Path types
- Trail 82%
- Track 18%
Description
Difficulty
Official rating: difficult, by Parc national des Écrins.
Getting there
Start: Parking de Laval, Névache (05).
Sources
- Track: Parc national des Écrins, Licence Ouverte 2.0, Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab) (destination.ecrins-parcnational.fr/trek/996863-Tour-des-Cerces). 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: 1,047 m, Parc national des Écrins
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