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Black Gates Trail

Linear Trail

300

XP

about 1 h 51 min walking

Strenuous
4.85 km
Linear
0 km1 km2 km3 km4 km5 km6 km

184 m

97 m

11 m

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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.

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Steep walk

Some very steep ground — marked on the map.

Climb

299 m

Drop

182 m

Highest

172 m

Lowest

15 m

Walking time

about 1 h 51 min

Which way round

Uphill: Climbs 14% for 550 m near the end, comes down 13% for 390 m midway.

Downhill: Easy first 1.2 km, climbs 13% for 390 m midway, comes down 14% for 550 m early on.

Shown as the climb. Turn it round for the descent.

Main climb: km 0.0–2.1, from 17 m to 145 m.

How the 6.8 km splits

Flat

0.9 km

Climbing

2.6 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

0.5 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

0.2 km

Descending

2.1 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.4 km

Link it with other walks

Big Tree Trail (Blue)

Starts here too · Shares 1.4 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.1, 0.3…

2.06 km

Benmore to Pucks Glen

Starts here too · Shares 1.3 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.1, 4.3

1.79 km

Puck's Glen Gorge (Red) walk

Shares 1.0 km of path · meets at km 1.9, 5.6

2.66 km

Pucks Glen

Shares 1.0 km of path · meets at km 1.9, 5.6

2.65 km

Bayley Balfour (Green) walk

Shares 0.4 km of path · meets at km 5.6

1.41 km

Loch Eck Loop

Starts here too · Crosses at km 0.0, 4.3

34.11 km

Lock Eck Loop (White)

Starts here too · Crosses at km 0.0, 4.3

34.11 km

Viewpoint Track

Crosses at km 1.5, 2.4

0.06 km

Upper Gorge

Crosses at km 1.9, 2.7, 6.5

1.2 km

Puck's Glen Upper Gorge Path

Crosses at km 1.9, 2.7, 6.5

1.21 km

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