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PR-BU 140. Criales-Alto de la Cruz

Loop Walk · Castile Leon

400

XP

about 2 h 16 min walking

Strenuous
8.68 km
Loop
Graded from its length and climb.
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998 m

821 m

643 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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Steep walk

Some very steep ground — marked on the map.

Climb

323 m

Drop

322 m

Highest

974 m

Lowest

651 m

Walking time

about 2 h 16 min

Which way round

Anticlockwise: Climbs 15% for 1250 m early on, comes down 13% for 380 m near the end.

Clockwise: Climbs 13% for 380 m early on, comes down 15% for 1250 m near the end.

Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (1.3 km at 10%+, 1.3 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 descent: km 4.0–8.6, from 972 m to 651 m.

How the 8.6 km splits

Flat

1.2 km

Climbing

1.9 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

1.3 km

Descending

3.9 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.4 km

Campsites near the start

Camping Río Nela

13.7 km from the start · 3.9★ (465)

Camping El Brezal

14.4 km from the start · 4.3★ (278)

D. BULNES SL.

14.4 km from the start

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