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Puerto de Cotos

Linear Trail · Castile Leon

500

XP

about 4 h 11 min walking

Strenuous
12.8 km
Linear
Graded from its length and climb.
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2363 m

2062 m

1760 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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Stages
  1. Puerto de Cotos - La Granja · 7.7 km
  2. Puerto de Cotos - Cabezas de Hierro · 5.1 km
Route from OpenStreetMap contributors

Steep walk

Some very steep ground — marked on the map.

Climb

983 m

Drop

453 m

Highest

2322 m

Lowest

1774 m

Walking time

about 4 h 11 min

Which way round

Uphill: Climbs 30% for 1650 m near the end, comes down 15% for 1380 m midway.

Downhill: Easy first 3.4 km, climbs 15% for 1380 m midway, comes down 30% for 1650 m early on.

Shown as the climb. Turn it round for the descent.

Main climb: km 10.8–12.7, from 1816 m to 2322 m.

How the 12.7 km splits

Flat

1.8 km

Climbing

3.9 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

2.8 km

Descending

2.5 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.4 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

1.4 km

Link it with other walks

Laguna de Los Pájaros - RV8

Starts here too · Shares 4.9 km of path · meets at km 0.2

5.58 km

Senda por las Cabezas de Hierro - PRM27

Starts here too · Shares 3.4 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 7.5, 10.4…

5.72 km

De Los Cotos a El Paular - RV01

Starts here too · Shares 2.7 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 7.5

16.6 km

Circular Pingarrón, las Cerradillas y Camino de las Vueltas (RV 09)

Starts here too · Shares 2.6 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 7.5

9.31 km

Laguna Grande de Peñalara - RV7

Starts here too · Shares 2.0 km of path · meets at km 0.2

2.74 km

Pico Peñalara (RV 02)

Starts here too · Shares 0.7 km of path · meets at km 0.0

5.23 km

Zona del Zabala

Starts here too · Shares 0.4 km of path · meets at km 0.2

4.6 km

Circuito Peñalara

Starts here too · Shares 0.2 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 7.5

5.86 km

La Loma del Noruego

Shares 0.2 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 7.5

5.06 km

Puente de la Cantina-Puerto de Cotos

Crosses at km 0.0

5.61 km

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