Heversham Trail
Loop Walk · Cumbria
200
XP
about 1 h 1 min walking
128 m
75 m
23 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.
Steep walk
Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
105 m
Drop
103 m
Highest
118 m
Lowest
26 m
Walking time
about 1 h 1 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 17% for 350 m early on, comes down 12% for 370 m midway.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 12% for 370 m midway, comes down 17% for 350 m near the end.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.4 km at 10%+, 0.4 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.4 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 0.5–1.5, from 29 m to 117 m.
How the 4.2 km splits
Flat
0.9 km
Climbing
1.2 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.4 km
Descending
1.4 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.4 km