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Etape 43 St Léon sur Vézère La douze
This walk is part of a multi-day hike: Traversée de la France d'Est en Ouest en suivant le 45ème parallèle
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Activity: Walking -
Distance: 23.24 km -
Duration calculated by the app: 5h 33 -
Difficulty: Difficult -
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Back to start: No -
Ascent: + 364 m -
Descent: - 231 m -
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Highest point: 295 m -
Lowest point: 69 m
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Country:
France
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Area: Périgord -
City:
Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère (24290) -
Start: N 45.011785° / E 1.088877° -
End: N 45.065347° / E 0.888547° -
IGN map(s): Ref. 1935E, 1935O, 1936ET, 2035O -
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Description of the walk
Waypoints
- S : km 0 - alt. 70 m - Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère - Vézère (rivière)
- 1 : km 6.62 - alt. 117 m - pause 1ère heure - Église Saint-Martin (Plazac)
- 2 : km 9.31 - alt. 124 m - pause 2ème heure - Vimont (cours d'eau) - Affluent de la Vézère
- 3 : km 16.72 - alt. 270 m - pause am1
- 4 : km 18.77 - alt. 252 m - pause am2
- E : km 23.24 - alt. 205 m - La Douze
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