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Ruta del Espaldar

Loop Walk · Madrid

500

XP

about 4 h 43 min walking

Moderate
20.63 km
Loop
Graded from its length and climb.
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1440 m

1182 m

925 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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Hilly walk

2 steep stretches — marked on the map.

Climb

355 m

Drop

352 m

Highest

1248 m

Lowest

989 m

Walking time

about 4 h 43 min

Which way round

Anticlockwise: Easy first 5.2 km, climbs 13% for 470 m early on, comes down 12% for 440 m midway.

Clockwise: Easy first 7.3 km, climbs 12% for 440 m midway, comes down 13% for 470 m near the end.

Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.

Main descent: km 7.5–9.2, from 1245 m to 1105 m.

How the 20.6 km splits

Flat

10.0 km

Climbing

5.0 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

0.5 km

Descending

4.7 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.4 km

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