Rutas por el Valle Medio del Tajuña: Ruta del Barranco del Arca
Loop Walk · Madrid
450
XP
about 3 h 11 min walking
Desde Ambite hasta Ambite
944 m
769 m
594 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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Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
224 m
Drop
220 m
Highest
853 m
Lowest
624 m
Walking time
about 3 h 11 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 5.4 km, climbs 16% for 680 m midway, comes down 12% for 480 m near the end.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 12% for 480 m early on, comes down 16% for 680 m midway.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.7 km at 10%+, 0.7 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 11.3–14.0, from 837 m to 647 m.
How the 14.0 km splits
Flat
7.0 km
Climbing
2.7 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.7 km
Descending
3.2 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.5 km