Oldham Way
Linear Trail · Manchester Greater
1,500
XP
a 3-day route
614 m
314 m
14 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
1292 m
Drop
1293 m
Highest
448 m
Lowest
69 m
Walking time
about 15 h 52 min
A 3-day route, walked in stages. 1,500 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 10.8 km, climbs 18% for 900 m midway, comes down 16% for 630 m midway.
Anticlockwise: Easy first 21.5 km, climbs 16% for 630 m midway, comes down 18% for 900 m midway.
Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (2.1 km at 10%+, 2.1 km of it 15%+) and come down 1.3 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 40.2–42.5, from 444 m to 227 m.
How the 68.6 km splits
Flat
35.2 km
Climbing
14.3 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
2.1 km
Descending
15.8 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.4 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.9 km
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