Downstream to Derwent Walk, Borrowdale and Derwent Water
Linear Trail · Lake District
250
XP
about 1 h 38 min walking
Can catch the Honister Rambler bus back to the car park, note that this service only runs seasonally. Steady downhill walk, there is a steep, rocky section with a chain to hold for support. It can get very slippery in wet weather.
377 m
224 m
72 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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Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
47 m
Drop
322 m
Highest
356 m
Lowest
79 m
Which way round
Downhill: No steep climbing, comes down 21% for 450 m early on.
Uphill: Easy first 5.2 km, climbs 21% for 450 m near the end, no steep descents.
Shown as the descent, the way a graded trail like this is ridden — the climb back up is usually the forest road.
Main descent: km 0.0–2.6, from 356 m to 127 m.
How the 7.8 km splits
Flat
2.4 km
Climbing
1.2 km
Descending
3.7 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.5 km
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