Crête du Velan
Crête du Velan is a short, power-hike climb above Novel in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It is graded demanding mountain hiking: expect sections where you watch every step. Its steepest 500 metres run at 18.8% and come almost at once, before your legs have settled. At 2.3 TEP it sits in the easier half of the catalogue. Expect 11 to 19 minutes. The nearest named summit, Tête de Charousse at 2,003 m, is 213 m away. West-facing: shaded in the morning, in the sun through the afternoon.
- TEP
- 2.3
- Climb
- +165 m
- Distance
- 1.1 km
- Average grade
- 15.0%
- Time
- 11 to 19 min
Climbs nearby
- Lac de Darbon par les 3 Cols, 594 m at 18.8% (0.9 km away)
- Lac de Darbon par les 3 Cols, 1.3 km at 27.4% (1 km away)
- Lac de Darbon par les 3 Cols, 1.8 km at 22.3%, La Chapelle-d'Abondance (1 km away)
- Saint-Gingolph W climb, 1.3 km at 29.9%, Valais (1.3 km away)
- Tour des Cornettes de Bise, 2.3 km at 22.0% (1.6 km away)
- Saint-Gingolph NW climb, 1.2 km at 17.0%, Valais (2.1 km away)
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