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Viking Way

Waymarked Way · Rutland

4,000

XP

a 9-day route

Strenuous
231.57 km
Linear
Graded from its length and climb.
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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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Stages
  1. Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell) · 206.8 km
  2. Viking Way (Barton-upon-Humber to Barnetby) · 24.8 km
Route from OpenStreetMap contributors

Steep walk

Some very steep ground — marked on the map.

Climb

1370 m

Drop

1464 m

Highest

160 m

Lowest

1 m

Walking time

about 48 h 33 min

A 9-day route, walked in stages. 4,000 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.

Which way round

Downhill: Climbs 16% for 200 m midway, comes down 16% for 300 m early on.

Uphill: Climbs 16% for 300 m near the end, comes down 16% for 200 m midway.

Shown as the descent, the way a graded trail like this is ridden — the climb back up is usually the forest road.

How the 231.3 km splits

Flat

208.5 km

Climbing

9.6 km

Descending

12.8 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

0.4 km

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Plossland Round

Shares 2.0 km of path · meets at km 79.4, 80.8

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Shares 1.9 km of path · meets at km 8.7, 9.1, 9.9…

105.83 km

Hawthorn Road Cycle Path

Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 90.8, 91.0

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Crosses at km 90.7

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Crosses at km 214.9

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