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Río Grande de los Berchules

Loop Walk · Andalusia

500

XP

about 3 h 49 min walking

Moderate
14.08 km
Loop
5-6 h

Recomendada solo en primavera y otoño. El río Grande puede ir crecido, consultar estado previamente. Bérchules, atractivo pueblo de la Alpujarra Alta, conserva la tipología constructiva de origen bereber de la zona sur. Ruta por los Tajos del Reyecil

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1802 m

1501 m

1199 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

628 m

Drop

652 m

Highest

1761 m

Lowest

1213 m

Which way round

Clockwise: Climbs 13% for 750 m early on, comes down 21% for 1150 m near the end.

Anticlockwise: Climbs 21% for 1150 m early on, comes down 13% for 750 m midway.

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

Main descent: km 8.3–13.0, from 1756 m to 1214 m.

How the 13.9 km splits

Flat

1.6 km

Climbing

4.5 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

1.3 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

0.7 km

Descending

4.0 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

1.8 km

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