Volcano trail
Loop Walk · Wales
500
XP
about 4 h 7 min walking
431 m
244 m
57 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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Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
660 m
Drop
669 m
Highest
359 m
Lowest
81 m
Walking time
about 4 h 6 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 14% for 1030 m early on, comes down 22% for 600 m midway.
Clockwise: Climbs 22% for 600 m early on, comes down 14% for 1030 m near the end.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (1.8 km at 10%+, 1.8 km of it 15%+) and come down 1.3 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 8.5–12.8, from 116 m to 359 m.
How the 15.0 km splits
Flat
2.7 km
Climbing
4.0 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
1.8 km
Descending
5.2 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
1.1 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.3 km
Link it with other walks
Half Marathon
Shares 6.5 km of path · meets at km 3.8, 4.2, 4.9…22.2 km
Beast MTB Trail
Shares 5.3 km of path · meets at km 1.2, 4.9, 5.0…35 km
Dragons Back MTB Trail
Shares 4.4 km of path · meets at km 1.2, 3.7, 4.2…30.1 km
Gold Rush Running trail
Shares 1.8 km of path · meets at km 3.0, 4.2, 5.2…13.5 km
MBR Mtb Trail
Shares 1.2 km of path · meets at km 3.8, 4.2, 4.9…17.7 km
Cyflym Coch Mtb trail
Shares 1.0 km of path · meets at km 3.7, 4.2, 4.9…12.4 km
Miinortaur Mtb Trail
Shares 0.9 km of path · meets at km 4.612.9 km
Yr Afon mtb trail
Shares 0.9 km of path · meets at km 4.68.3 km
Proposed MTB trail
Crosses at km 11.91.9 km
Sustrans route 8
Crosses at km 4.213.7 km