PR-LP 220
Loop Walk · La Palma
350
XP
about 1 h 37 min walking
350 m
187 m
24 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
291 m
Drop
293 m
Highest
328 m
Lowest
31 m
Walking time
about 1 h 37 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 13% for 600 m early on, comes down 17% for 550 m midway.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 17% for 550 m midway, comes down 13% for 600 m midway.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (1.4 km at 10%+, 0.8 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.5 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 2.6–5.7, from 328 m to 31 m.
How the 5.7 km splits
Flat
0.2 km
Climbing
0.9 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.6 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.8 km
Descending
2.6 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.5 km