Ruta del Glaciar de Bustalveinte – Sendero de Hondojón
Loop Walk · Cantabria
500
XP
about 3 h 39 min walking
1345 m
1009 m
673 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
637 m
Drop
662 m
Highest
1299 m
Lowest
688 m
Walking time
about 3 h 36 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 15% for 930 m midway, comes down 21% for 830 m near the end.
Clockwise: Climbs 21% for 830 m early on, comes down 15% for 930 m midway.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (2.5 km at 10%+, 1.9 km of it 15%+) and come down 1.7 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 5.7–9.9, from 1295 m to 857 m.
How the 12.7 km splits
Flat
1.3 km
Climbing
2.5 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.6 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
1.9 km
Descending
4.8 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
1.7 km