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Wessex Ridgeway

Waymarked Way · Dorset

4,000

XP

a 9-day route

Strenuous
220.41 km
Linear
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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

4244 m

Drop

4116 m

Highest

272 m

Lowest

10 m

Walking time

about 51 h 7 min

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

Which way round

Uphill: Climbs 15% for 780 m early on, comes down 17% for 820 m midway.

Downhill: Climbs 17% for 820 m midway, comes down 15% for 780 m near the end.

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

How the 220.2 km splits

Flat

119.6 km

Climbing

49.5 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

0.8 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

0.4 km

Descending

47.3 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

1.5 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

1.1 km

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