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Camino del Cartero

Linear Trail · Madrid

500

XP

about 3 h 33 min walking

Strenuous
13.49 km
Linear
Graded from its length and climb.
0 km2 km4 km6 km8 km10 km12 km

1421 m

1200 m

979 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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Steep walk

Some very steep ground — marked on the map.

Climb

512 m

Drop

650 m

Highest

1391 m

Lowest

989 m

Walking time

about 3 h 33 min

Which way round

Downhill: Climbs 14% for 770 m early on, comes down 13% for 1080 m near the end.

Uphill: Climbs 13% for 1080 m early on, comes down 14% for 770 m near the end.

Shown as the descent, the way a graded trail like this is ridden — the climb back up is usually the forest road.

Main descent: km 3.2–8.8, from 1388 m to 989 m.

How the 13.4 km splits

Flat

1.9 km

Climbing

3.9 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

0.8 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

0.5 km

Descending

3.4 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

1.8 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

1.1 km

Link it with other walks

Senda de la subida al Cerro Larda

Starts here too · Shares 2.9 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.2, 0.8

8.48 km

Senda Paseo por los Linares

Starts here too · Crosses at km 0.0

2.3 km

Senda de los Robles Centenarios

Starts here too · Crosses at km 0.0

2.73 km

Ruta a la silla gigante de Meira

Starts here too · Crosses at km 0.0

2.2 km

Senda al embalse de El Villar

Crosses at km 13.1

3.36 km

Ruta al Santo Roto

Crosses at km 13.1

5.83 km

Paisajes de Agua y Jara

Crosses at km 13.1

12.77 km

Senda Genaro (GR 300)

Crosses at km 13.1

58.75 km

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