Porta del Cel
Loop Walk · Catalonia
1,500
XP
a 4-day route
3172 m
2120 m
1068 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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Climb
4588 m
Drop
4606 m
Highest
3029 m
Lowest
1114 m
Walking time
about 18 h 48 min
A 4-day route, walked in stages. 1,500 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Easy first 4.5 km, climbs 30% for 1230 m early on, comes down 25% for 2030 m early on.
Clockwise: Climbs 25% for 2030 m near the end, comes down 30% for 1230 m near the end.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (6.7 km at 10%+, 6.7 km of it 15%+) and come down 2.5 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 17.5–27.2, from 2651 m to 1116 m.
How the 55.8 km splits
Flat
6.6 km
Climbing
17.7 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
6.6 km
Descending
22.5 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
2.4 km
Link it with other walks
La Molinasa
Shares 21.5 km of path · meets at km 5.2, 13.8, 19.6…37.94 km
Tavascan
Shares 7.0 km of path · meets at km 35.8, 44.934.11 km
HRP Étape 28
Shares 6.8 km of path · meets at km 49.611.71 km
HRP Variante 28.2
Shares 6.3 km of path · meets at km 19.612.26 km
HRP Étape 27
Shares 4.8 km of path · meets at km 38.2, 42.914.04 km
Refuge du Pinet par Montestaure
Shares 3.6 km of path · meets at km 52.2, 53.415.46 km
les 3000
Starts here too · Shares 3.2 km of path · meets at km 6.0, 55.84.79 km
l'Étang de Montestaure
Shares 0.8 km of path · meets at km 50.47.31 km
HRP Variante 28.1
Crosses at km 44.03.42 km
HRP Variante 27.1
Crosses at km 32.417.18 km