Aiguille Croche
Key facts
- Distance
- 22.9 km
- Ascent
- +1,644 m
- Descent
- −1,635 m
- Estimated time
- 9 hr 35
- hiking
- Difficulty
- Not rated
- Route
- Loop
- back to the start
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 11.5 km under 10%, 6.0 km at 10 to 20% and 5.4 km over 20%. Elevation from 1,124 m to 2,507 m over 22.9 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 12%
- Dirt & gravel 81%
- Unknown 7%
- Path types
- Trail 50%
- Track 32%
- Road 12%
- Off-network 6%
Difficulty
No official rating for this track: we do not make one up.
Getting there
Start: Les Contamines-Montjoie, Les Contamines-Montjoie (74).
Sources
- Track: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0 (www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5370328). 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)
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