Rochdale Way
Loop Walk · Peak District
1,500
XP
a 3-day route
605 m
305 m
5 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
1468 m
Drop
1478 m
Highest
414 m
Lowest
70 m
Walking time
about 17 h 59 min
A 3-day route, walked in stages. 1,500 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Easy first 2.0 km, climbs 17% for 600 m early on, comes down 12% for 650 m early on.
Clockwise: Easy first 2.4 km, climbs 12% for 650 m near the end, comes down 17% for 600 m near the end.
Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (1.5 km at 10%+, 1.2 km of it 15%+) and come down 1.1 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 28.8–34.2, from 406 m to 168 m.
How the 77.7 km splits
Flat
38.1 km
Climbing
18.7 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.3 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
1.2 km
Descending
18.3 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
1.1 km
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