From Pra Loup 1600 via Coste Belle to La Dalle en Pente

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A good walk to work up an appetite! Set off from Pra Loup to the La Dalle en Pente restaurant and return via the Chappe chairlift.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 2.45 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 30 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate
  • ⚐
    Back to start: No
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 1,594 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 430 ft
  • ▲
    Highest point: 6,896 ft
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    Lowest point: 5,348 ft
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Description of the walk

Park in the car park near the slopes at Pra Loup 1600.

(S) Pass between the buildings, walk along the start of the Sorbiers magic carpet, then immediately take the track that climbs to the right, under the Costebelle gondola lift.

(1) At the hairpin bend, leave the track and take the path that climbs to the right towards the undergrowth. Return to the track.

(2) Continue uphill on this track.

(3) Pass the Gimette ski lift and then the Bergeries cable car. Stay on the winding track that leads to the Coste Belle restaurant, located next to the Coste Belle cable car arrival point.

(4) Descend via the same track to reach the arrival station of the Chappe chairlift, next to the La Dalle en Pente restaurant (E).

Waypoints

  1. S : mi 0 - alt. 5,384 ft - Pra Loup 1600
  2. 1 : mi 0.43 - alt. 5,643 ft - Leave the track, take the path on the right
  3. 2 : mi 0.67 - alt. 5,853 ft - Return via the road
  4. 3 : mi 1.29 - alt. 6,440 ft - Gimette ski lift
  5. 4 : mi 1.89 - alt. 6,883 ft - Coste Belle Restaurant
  6. E : mi 2.45 - alt. 6,549 ft - La Dalle en Pente restaurant, Chappe chairlift

Notes

(E) The return journey will be via the Chappe chairlift. Once at the bottom, turn left to find the Sorbiers carpet lift, then the car park.

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