Tour du Grand Pinier
Key facts
- Distance
- 41.2 km
- Ascent
- +2,561 m
- Descent
- −2,427 m
- Estimated time
- 15 hr
- hiking
- Difficulty
- Difficult
- official rating
- Route
- Point to point
- ends elsewhere
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 19.7 km under 10%, 18.0 km at 10 to 20% and 3.5 km over 20%. Elevation from 1,533 m to 2,778 m over 41.2 km.
Description
Difficulty
Official rating: difficult, by Parc national des Écrins.
Getting there
Start: Parking à l'entrée du hameau de Prapic, Orcières (05).
Sources
- Track: Parc national des Écrins, Licence Ouverte 2.0, Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab) (destination.ecrins-parcnational.fr/trek/996299-Tour-du-Grand-Pinier). Time estimated by GPX Path with the Mac app rule, breaks not included.
- Official elevation gain: 2,561 m, Parc national des Écrins
Nearby tracks

© OpenStreetMap, SRTM · OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA)Lac des Pisses
Écrins, Orcières (05) · Out and backOfficial rating by Parc national des Écrins
© OpenStreetMap, SRTM · OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA)The Saut du Laire
Écrins, Orcières (05) · Out and backOfficial rating by Parc national des Écrins
© OpenStreetMap, SRTM · OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA)The Poet’s tomb
Écrins, Orcières (05) · Out and backOfficial rating by Parc national des Écrins
© OpenStreetMap, SRTM · OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA)Le Saut du Laire via le Basset
Écrins, Orcières (05) · LoopOfficial rating by Parc national des Écrins
© OpenStreetMap, SRTM · OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA)Col des Terres Blanches from Prapic
Écrins, Orcières (05) · Out and backOfficial rating by Parc national des Écrins
© OpenStreetMap, SRTM · OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA)From the Drouvet summit to Prapic
Écrins, Orcières (05) · Point to pointOfficial rating by Parc national des Écrins
