SL-CC 35. Casas del Castañar-Casas del Castañar
Loop Walk · Extremadura
300
XP
about 1 h 16 min walking
935 m
809 m
683 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.
Steep walk
Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
216 m
Drop
224 m
Highest
918 m
Lowest
689 m
Walking time
about 1 h 15 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 12% for 970 m early on, comes down 16% for 1020 m near the end.
Clockwise: Climbs 16% for 1020 m early on, comes down 12% for 970 m midway.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (1 km at 10%+, 1 km of it 15%+) and come down 1.3 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 2.2–4.5, from 915 m to 690 m.
How the 4.5 km splits
Flat
0.3 km
Climbing
1.0 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
1.0 km
Descending
1.0 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
1.3 km