Frome Valley Way
Linear Trail · Dorset
1,500
XP
a 3-day route
600 m
300 m
0 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
374 m
Drop
535 m
Highest
191 m
Lowest
1 m
Walking time
about 13 h 7 min
A 3-day route, walked in stages. 1,500 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.
Which way round
Downhill: Climbs 15% for 210 m early on, no steep descents.
Uphill: Easy first 20.9 km, no steep climbing, comes down 15% for 210 m near the end.
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 17.6–19.6, from 139 m to 66 m.
How the 62.5 km splits
Flat
46.1 km
Climbing
7.0 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.3 km
Descending
9.1 km
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