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Tameside Trail

Linear Trail · Peak District

1,500

XP

a 3-day route

Strenuous
53.15 km
Linear
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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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Stages
  1. Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley) · 38.1 km
  2. Tameside Trail (East - Broadbottom to Mossley) · 15.1 km
Route from OpenStreetMap contributors

Steep walk

Some very steep ground — marked on the map.

Climb

982 m

Drop

982 m

Highest

372 m

Lowest

55 m

Walking time

about 12 h 17 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 2.5 km, climbs 15% for 550 m early on, comes down 13% for 870 m early on.

Anticlockwise: Easy first 25.6 km, climbs 13% for 870 m near the end, comes down 15% for 550 m near the end.

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

Main climb: km 8.3–10.5, from 198 m to 368 m.

How the 53.3 km splits

Flat

28.3 km

Climbing

10.5 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

0.6 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

1.0 km

Descending

11.0 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

1.4 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

0.4 km

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