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Mineral Valleys Walk: Rookhope (short)

Loop Walk · County Durham

200

XP

about 1 h 9 min walking

Easy
4.59 km
Loop
Graded from its length and climb.
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435 m

377 m

320 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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Hilly walk

3 steep stretches — marked on the map.

Climb

136 m

Drop

138 m

Highest

417 m

Lowest

326 m

Walking time

about 1 h 9 min

Which way round

Anticlockwise: Climbs 12% for 280 m midway, comes down 15% for 230 m midway.

Clockwise: Climbs 15% for 230 m midway, comes down 12% for 280 m midway.

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

Main climb: km 0.0–1.2, from 328 m to 415 m.

How the 4.6 km splits

Flat

0.9 km

Climbing

1.5 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

0.3 km

Descending

1.5 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.5 km

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