Sendero de las Salinas del Mesto
Loop Walk · Andalusia
250
XP
about 1 h 39 min walking
785 m
700 m
615 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
176 m
Drop
180 m
Highest
755 m
Lowest
625 m
Walking time
about 1 h 39 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 17% for 320 m early on, comes down 15% for 300 m near the end.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 15% for 300 m early on, comes down 17% for 320 m near the end.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.3 km at 10%+, 0.3 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.3 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 4.4–6.3, from 747 m to 650 m.
How the 6.8 km splits
Flat
1.6 km
Climbing
2.1 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.3 km
Descending
2.6 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.3 km