SL-CC 97. La Garganta-La Garganta
Loop Walk · Extremadura
250
XP
about 1 h 30 min walking
1272 m
1192 m
1112 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
2 steep stretches — marked on the map.
Climb
157 m
Drop
160 m
Highest
1261 m
Lowest
1116 m
Walking time
about 1 h 30 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Easy first 2.1 km, climbs 14% for 230 m midway, comes down 13% for 700 m near the end.
Clockwise: Climbs 13% for 700 m early on, comes down 14% for 230 m midway.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.7 km at 10%+) and come down 0.2 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 2.0–4.1, from 1256 m to 1125 m.
How the 6.2 km splits
Flat
1.1 km
Climbing
1.6 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.7 km
Descending
2.6 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.2 km