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Mount Famine, South Head and Brown Knoll (Ethels), High Peak

Loop Walk · Derbyshire

450

XP

about 2 h 40 min walking

Strenuous
10.19 km
Loop
03:00
Graded from its length and climb.
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582 m

397 m

212 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

375 m

Drop

383 m

Highest

557 m

Lowest

220 m

Which way round

Clockwise: Climbs 15% for 580 m early on, comes down 21% for 400 m near the end.

Anticlockwise: Climbs 21% for 400 m early on, comes down 15% for 580 m near the end.

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

Main climb: km 0.0–4.4, from 230 m to 553 m.

How the 10.2 km splits

Flat

1.7 km

Climbing

2.8 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

0.8 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

0.6 km

Descending

3.5 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

0.9 km

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