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Acequias del Poqueira

Loop Walk · Andalusia

500

XP

about 4 h 34 min walking

Strenuous
16.12 km
Loop
7-8 h

Recomendada en primavera, verano, otoño. Preparación adecuada, zona de alta montaña. El Barranco del Poqueira es la imagen más conocida de la Sierra Nevada alpujarreña y define la relación existente entre el paisaje natural y el humanizado

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2196 m

1832 m

1467 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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Route dataFuente: Organismo Autónomo Parques NacionalesJunta de Andalucía, REDIAM (CC BY 4.0)

Steep walk

Some very steep ground — marked on the map.

Climb

814 m

Drop

806 m

Highest

2147 m

Lowest

1484 m

Which way round

Clockwise: Climbs 26% for 650 m midway, comes down 17% for 1120 m near the end.

Anticlockwise: Climbs 17% for 1120 m early on, comes down 26% for 650 m midway.

Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.

Main descent: km 10.6–16.1, from 2140 m to 1487 m.

How the 16.1 km splits

Flat

2.9 km

Climbing

4.2 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

1.8 km

Descending

4.4 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

2.8 km

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