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Etape 11 Le Gua Corrençon
Attention : le refuge de la Soldanelle est fermé le dimanche. Bien sûr, cette étape s'est déroulée un dimanche, j'ai dû improviser…
This walk is part of a multi-day hike: Traversée de la France d'Est en Ouest en suivant le 45ème parallèle
Details
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Activity: Walking -
Distance: 14.57 mi -
Duration calculated by the app: 9h 38 -
Difficulty: Difficult -
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Back to start: No -
Ascent: + 5,171 ft -
Descent: - 2,703 ft -
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Highest point: 5,768 ft -
Lowest point: 1,217 ft
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Country:
France
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City:
Le Gua (Isère) (38450) -
Start: N 45.022887° / E 5.645093° -
End: N 45.02366° / E 5.517515° -
IGN map(s): Ref. 3235OT, 3236OT, 3236OTR, 3335OT, 3335OTR -
Hour-by-hour weather
Description of the walk
Waypoints
- S : mi 0 - alt. 1,260 ft - Le Gua - Gresse (rivière) - Affluent du Drac
- 1 : mi 1.76 - alt. 1,808 ft - pause 1
- 2 : mi 3.22 - alt. 2,631 ft - jonction route
- 3 : mi 4.58 - alt. 3,281 ft - Pause 2
- 4 : mi 5.66 - alt. 4,400 ft - pause 3
- 5 : mi 6.83 - alt. 5,285 ft - Pause 4 - Col Vert (1766m)
- E : mi 14.57 - alt. 3,757 ft - Corrençon-en-Vercors - La Barre aux Chèvres
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