GR 280
Loop Walk · Basque Country
2,500
XP
a 5-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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Waze- Armintza-Sopela · 17.4 km
- Sopela-Derio · 27.7 km
- Derio-Arrieta · 16 km
- Arrieta-Bakio · 17.2 km
- Bakio-Armintza · 18.4 km
Steep walk
Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
2888 m
Drop
2891 m
Highest
364 m
Lowest
1 m
Walking time
about 24 h 3 min
A 5-day route, walked in stages. 2,500 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 14% for 950 m early on, comes down 17% for 920 m midway.
Clockwise: Climbs 17% for 920 m midway, comes down 14% for 950 m midway.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (3.4 km at 10%+, 1.6 km of it 15%+) and come down 1.6 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
How the 96.2 km splits
Flat
32.7 km
Climbing
27.5 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
1.8 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
1.6 km
Descending
31.1 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
1.6 km
Link it with other walks
Zamudio-Teknologi Parkea
Shares 2.9 km of path · meets at km 69.5, 69.8, 69.9…5.81 km
GR 123
Shares 1.9 km of path · meets at km 12.5, 24.4, 24.6…179.97 km
Bakio
Shares 1.4 km of path · meets at km 42.24.77 km
Fruiz: Mendoza
Shares 1.3 km of path · meets at km 58.9, 59.3, 60.13.19 km
Lemoiz: Urizar-Ugarte
Shares 0.7 km of path · meets at km 21.8, 21.9, 22.71.43 km
Derio-Teknologi Parkea
Shares 0.3 km of path · meets at km 71.2, 71.65.59 km
Plentzia
Shares 0.2 km of path · meets at km 12.7, 12.92.56 km
Lezama-Teknologi Parkea
Crosses at km 70.5, 72.34.2 km
Arrieta: Agirre-Gereka
Crosses at km 55.7, 57.14.59 km
Meñaka-Belako
Crosses at km 49.84.24 km