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Herriot Way

Loop Walk · Yorkshire Dales

1,500

XP

a 4-day route

Strenuous
79.5 km
Loop
Graded from its length and climb.
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754 m

445 m

136 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

1868 m

Drop

1867 m

Highest

712 m

Lowest

149 m

Walking time

about 18 h 58 min

A 4-day route, walked in stages. 1,500 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.

Which way round

Anticlockwise: Easy first 9.6 km, climbs 13% for 830 m early on, comes down 17% for 850 m midway.

Clockwise: Easy first 3.4 km, climbs 17% for 850 m midway, comes down 13% for 830 m near the end.

Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.

Main descent: km 55.1–62.0, from 705 m to 232 m.

How the 79.3 km splits

Flat

35.8 km

Climbing

20.0 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

1.5 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

0.6 km

Descending

19.2 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.9 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

1.4 km

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