Vía ferrata de La Hermida
Linear Trail · Cantabria
250
XP
about 46 min walking
703 m
403 m
103 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
544 m
Drop
297 m
Highest
662 m
Lowest
117 m
Walking time
about 1 h 10 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 56% for 530 m midway, comes down 72% for 750 m early on.
Clockwise: Climbs 72% for 750 m midway, comes down 56% for 530 m early on.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.8 km at 10%+, 0.8 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.5 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 0.5–1.3, from 118 m to 662 m.
How the 1.3 km splits
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.8 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.5 km