Mont Rotui à Moorea
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 4.29 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,956 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 2,956 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,986 ft
- TrailRank
-
36
4.5
- Min elevation
- 45 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 7 hours 8 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1573
- Uploaded
- May 26, 2017
- Recorded
- May 2017
near Vaipeu, Îles du Vent (French Polynesia)
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Itinerary description
7h aller retour.
Entrée juste après le Hilton, panneau qui indique le chemin (à gauche après premier cocotier)
Montée continue pendant 3h30. Première demi heure ombragée puis plein cagnard.
Ensuite que de la crête avec nombreux passages étroits. Quelques endroits escarpés à grimper.
Végétation dense, pantalon indispensable.
Arrivée au sommet à 900 m d'altitude, vue sur toute la caldeira.
Entrée juste après le Hilton, panneau qui indique le chemin (à gauche après premier cocotier)
Montée continue pendant 3h30. Première demi heure ombragée puis plein cagnard.
Ensuite que de la crête avec nombreux passages étroits. Quelques endroits escarpés à grimper.
Végétation dense, pantalon indispensable.
Arrivée au sommet à 900 m d'altitude, vue sur toute la caldeira.
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I would not rate this as moderate. The path is quite steep for half, with loose slippery soil and lots of rock falls to scramble over, making it difficult in my opinion. I noted several large eyebolts embedded in the rocks in the steeper slopes for attaching climbing ropes, which would make it much easier and safer. But the views are spectacular, and worth the effort.
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Ne pas avoir peur du vide à certains moments !
PANTALON OBLIGATOIRE !
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Full disclosure: as of April, 2018, we started, but chose to discontinue hike
Rotui is breathtaking, but there are associated difficulties. Our first challenge was trying to engage guide, which given danger is not easily found. Just a couple weeks ago, hiker was helicopter-lifted off mountain. We chose to hike without guide, which is quite overgrown and not at all groomed by anybody it seems. Don't expect trail markers on this or many other trails, except for Belevedere hikes. Even if you just do what we did (hike to tree and ridge line) and turn back, it is worth the effort.
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2h45 de montée, 2h15 de descente. Superbe vue durant toute la montée.
Chemin escarpé, dangereux, et toute la deuxième moitié sur les crêtes.
Bonne condition physique indispensable, et déconseillée aux personnes sujets au vertige.