Herriot Way
Loop Walk · Yorkshire Dales
1,500
XP
a 4-day route
754 m
445 m
136 m
Scroll along the route · tap the chart to find a point on the map
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.
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