Zirkular Aspaltza
Loop Walk · Basque Country
500
XP
about 4 h 7 min walking
719 m
453 m
186 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
612 m
Drop
605 m
Highest
684 m
Lowest
198 m
Walking time
about 4 h 7 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 1.6 km, climbs 15% for 1180 m early on, comes down 20% for 850 m near the end.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 20% for 850 m early on, comes down 15% for 1180 m near the end.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (2 km at 10%+, 2 km of it 15%+) and come down 1.5 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 7.1–13.9, from 683 m to 263 m.
How the 15.5 km splits
Flat
3.6 km
Climbing
3.4 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
2.0 km
Descending
5.0 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.4 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
1.1 km