PR-CC 88. Valencia de Alcántara-Valencia de Alcántara
Loop Walk · Extremadura
650
XP
about 5 h 47 min walking
975 m
676 m
377 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.
Hilly walk
6 steep stretches — marked on the map.
Climb
600 m
Drop
593 m
Highest
731 m
Lowest
458 m
Walking time
about 5 h 47 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 6.6 km, climbs 13% for 520 m early on, comes down 12% for 250 m midway.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 12% for 250 m midway, comes down 13% for 520 m near the end.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (2.1 km at 10%+) and come down 0.3 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 15.8–18.6, from 560 m to 729 m.
How the 23.9 km splits
Flat
8.6 km
Climbing
4.8 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
2.1 km
Descending
8.3 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.3 km