Ruta de los Diques de Beas de Granada
Loop Walk · Andalusia
300
XP
about 2 h 23 min walking
1359 m
1212 m
1064 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.
Hilly walk
2 steep stretches — marked on the map.
Climb
261 m
Drop
264 m
Highest
1339 m
Lowest
1071 m
Walking time
about 2 h 23 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Easy first 1.0 km, climbs 13% for 350 m midway, comes down 15% for 700 m midway.
Clockwise: Climbs 15% for 700 m early on, comes down 13% for 350 m midway.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.7 km at 10%+) and come down 0.4 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 4.0–8.7, from 1337 m to 1078 m.
How the 9.7 km splits
Flat
2.4 km
Climbing
2.6 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.7 km
Descending
3.6 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.4 km