Calderdale Way
Loop Walk · Yorkshire
1,500
XP
a 4-day route
600 m
300 m
0 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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Climb
2256 m
Drop
2268 m
Highest
381 m
Lowest
57 m
Walking time
about 19 h 59 min
A 4-day route, walked in stages. 1,500 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 2.7 km, climbs 17% for 630 m midway, comes down 16% for 770 m early on.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 16% for 770 m near the end, comes down 17% for 630 m midway.
Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (3.2 km at 10%+, 2.4 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.8 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 65.8–69.1, from 362 m to 146 m.
How the 81.1 km splits
Flat
27.5 km
Climbing
22.3 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.8 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
2.4 km
Descending
27.4 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.8 km
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