Sendeiro Local de Valadares
Loop Walk · Galicia
300
XP
about 2 h 4 min walking
531 m
399 m
268 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
281 m
Drop
285 m
Highest
513 m
Lowest
274 m
Walking time
about 2 h 4 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 1.3 km, climbs 15% for 400 m early on, comes down 16% for 300 m midway.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 16% for 300 m midway, comes down 15% for 400 m midway.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.6 km at 10%+, 0.2 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 3.7–7.2, from 512 m to 274 m.
How the 8.0 km splits
Flat
1.2 km
Climbing
2.5 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.4 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.2 km
Descending
3.3 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.3 km